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  • Michael Oakeshott, the Ancient Greeks, and the Philosophical Study of Politics

    by Eric Steven Kos ...
    Series Book 14 - British Idealist Studies 1: Oakeshott
    This book addresses a question fundamental for Oakeshott throughout his life, which is what we are doing when we read and discuss some memorable work in the history of political thought. The approach the book takes to Oakeshott’s response to this question is of particular interest in that it explores in detail extensive notes he made on the beginnings of political philosophy in ancient Greece in ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Ethics

    A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century

    by Alasdair MacIntyre ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Open Society and its Enemies

    by Karl Popper ...
    Written in political exile in New Zealand during the Second World War and published in two volumes in 1945, The Open Society and its Enemies was hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy'. This legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and exposed the fatal flaws of socially engineered ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

    by Julia Annas ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces readers to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Pursuits of Wisdom

    Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

    by John M. Cooper ...
    This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems. Rather, philosophy--not just ethics but even ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics

    Edited by Daniel C. Russell ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Virtue ethics has emerged from a rich history, in which both Aristotle and Aquinas have played an important role, to become one of the fastest-growing fields in contemporary ethics. In this volume of newly commissioned essays, leading moral philosophers offer a comprehensive overview of virtue ethics. They examine the theoretical structure of virtue ethics and its place in contemporary moral ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy

    Edited by Jens Timmermann, Sacha Golob ...
    With fifty-four chapters charting the development of moral philosophy in the Western world, this volume examines the key thinkers and texts and their influence on the history of moral thought from the pre-Socratics to the present day. Topics including Epicureanism, humanism, Jewish and Arabic thought, perfectionism, pragmatism, idealism and intuitionism are all explored, as are figures including ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

    Edited by Ronald Polansky ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. It remains to this day a compelling reflection on the best sort of human life and continues to inspire contemporary thought and debate. This Cambridge Companion includes twenty essays by leading scholars of Aristotle and ancient philosophy that cover the major issues of this text. The ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics

    Edited by Roger Crisp ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Philosophical ethics consists in the human endeavour to answer rationally the fundamental question of how we should live. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics explores the history of philosophical ethics in the western tradition from Homer until the present day. It provides a broad overview of the views of many of the main thinkers, schools, and periods, and includes in addition essays on ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Plato's Republic

    Critical Essays

    by Richard Kraut, Julia Annas, John M. Cooper, Jonathan Lear, Iris Murdoch, C D. C. Reeve, David Sachs, Arlene W. Saxonhouse, C C. W. Taylor, James O. Urmson, Gregory Vlastos, Bernard Williams ...
    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Plato's Republic: Critical Essays will enrich students' understanding of this profoundly influential work. The comprehensive collection covers Plato's social and political thought, his metaphysics and epistemology, his ethical theory, and his attitude towards women. The essays, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Socratic Turn

    Knowledge of Good and Evil in an Age of Science

    by Dustin Sebell ...
    Series series Haney Foundation Series
    The Socratic Turn addresses the question of whether we can acquire genuine knowledge of good and evil, right and wrong. Reputedly, Socrates was the first philosopher to make the attempt. But Socrates was a materialistic natural scientist in his youth, and it was only much later in life—after he had rejected materialistic natural science—that he finally turned, around the age of forty, to the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Practical Philosophy

    Ethics, Society and Culture

    by John Haldane ...
    Series Book 15 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    In this wide ranging volume of philosophical essays John Haldane explores some central areas of social life and issues of intense academic and public debate. These include the question of ethical relativism, fundamental issues in bioethics, the nature of individuals in relation to society, the common good, public judgement of prominent individuals, the nature and aims of education, cultural theory ... Read more

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