Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle on Ethics

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a central text in the history of western philosophy. It continues to be at the heart of contemporary moral theory and essential to understanding the development of ethical thought in the West. This volume offers students an accessible guide to Aristotle's ethics. It explains the key elements in Aristotle's terminology and highlights the controversy regarding th…

The Virtue of Aristotle's Ethics

While Aristotle's account of the happy life continues to receive attention, many of his claims about virtue of character seem so puzzling that modern philosophers have often discarded them, or have reworked them to fit more familiar theories that do not make virtue of character central. In this book, Paula Gottlieb takes a fresh look at Aristotle's claims, particularly the much-maligned doctrin…

Universalism vs Communitarianism: Contemporary Debates in Ethics

Universalism vs. Communitarianism focuses on the question, raised by recent work in normative philosophy, of whether ethical norms are best derived and justified on the basis of universal or communitarian standards. It is unique in representing both Continental and American points of view and both the older and a younger generation of scholars. The essays introduce the key issues involved in un…

Dear Patrick: Life is Hard Here's Some Good Advice

For five years I have been witness to your struggles to grow up without a father. As a family friend, I can't make that up to you. What I can do is stand by you, and teach you how to be the kind of man you wish your father had been ... So begins the correspondence of two unlikely friends, Patrick Buckley, a sixteen-year-old New York City high schooler, and Jeffrey M. Schwartz, internationall…

The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living

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0060444258

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xv + 558 pg.: ils.; 24,5 cm.

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Value, Respect and Attachment

Joseph Raz is one of the world's leading philosophers of law, and in his Seeley Lectures he reflects critically on one of the central tenets of ethical thought, the view that values are universal. He concludes that we should try to understand what is and what is not entailed by the universality of values, with such an understanding central to the future hopes of mankind, rather than abandoning …

The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technologica…

Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit man's duties toward himself, his poste…

Dimensi Etis Ajaran Gandhi

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72 hlm.; 21 cm.

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171 WEG d

Cara Hidup dan Berpikir Positif

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viii + 278 hlm.; 19 cm.

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Nilai Etika Aksiologis Max Scheler

Manusia tidak dapat hidup tanpa nilai. Berdasarkan sistem nilai yang kita miliki dan dalam kenyataannya kita hayati, akhirnya kita membentuk identitas diri kita sebagai manusia dan bahkan menentukan nasib keabadian kita.