Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy

Author: John Rawls

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0674042565

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Constantly revised and refined over three decades, Rawls's lectures on various historical figures reflect his developing and changing views on the history of liberalism and democracy. With its careful analyses of the doctrine of the social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism, this volume has a critical place in the traditions it expounds.

The Elements of Moral Philosophy 7e
The Elements of Moral Philosophy 7e

Author: James Rachels

Publisher: McGraw Hill

Published: 2012-03-16

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0077147987

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Firmly established as the standard text for undergraduate courses in ethics, James Rachels and Stuart Rachels’ The Elements of Moral Philosophy introduces readers to major moral concepts and theories through eloquent explanations and compelling, thought-provoking discussions.

The Elements of Moral Philosophy
The Elements of Moral Philosophy

Author: James Rachels

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9780877224051

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Socrates said that moral philosophy deals with 'no small matter, but how we ought to live'. Beginning with a minimum conception of what morality is, the author offers discussions of the most important ethical theories. He includes treatments of such topics as cultural relativism, ethical subjectivism, psychological egoism, and ethical egoism.

Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy
Honor in Political and Moral Philosophy

Author: Peter Olsthoorn

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1438455488

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In this history of the development of ideas of honor in Western philosophy, Peter Olsthoorn examines what honor is, how its meaning has changed, and whether it can still be of use. Political and moral philosophers from Cicero to John Stuart Mill thought that a sense of honor and concern for our reputation could help us to determine the proper thing to do, and just as important, provide us with the much-needed motive to do it. Today, outside of the military and some other pockets of resistance, the notion of honor has become seriously out of date, while the term itself has almost disappeared from our moral language. Most of us think that people ought to do what is right based on a love for jus-tice rather than from a concern with how we are perceived by others. Wide-ranging and accessible, the book explores the role of honor in not only philosophy but also literature and war to make the case that honor can still play an important role in contemporary life.

Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy
Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy

Author: J. B. Schneewind

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0199563012

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J.B. Schneewind presents a selection of his published essays on ethics, the history of ethics and moral psychology, together with a new piece offering an intellectual autobiography. The essays range across the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on Kant and his relation to earlier thinkers.

Foundations for Moral Relativism
Foundations for Moral Relativism

Author: J. David Velleman

Publisher: Open Book Publishers

Published: 2015-11-23

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1783740329

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In this new edition of Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy.

Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy

Author: Christina Hendricks

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02-27

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781989014189

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We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others' behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition.The book is designed to be used alone or alongside a reader of historical and contemporary original sources, and is freely available in web and digital formats at https: //press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics/. If you are adopting or adapting this book for a course, please let us know on our adoption form for the Introduction to Philosophy open textbook series: https: //docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwf2E7bRGvWefjhNZ07kgpgnNFxVxxp-iidPE5gfDBQNGBGg/viewform?usp=sf_link. Cover art by Heather Salazar; cover design by Jonathan Lashley. One of nine books in the Introduction to Philosophy open textbook serie