Morality and the Good Life: An Introduction to Ethics Through Classical Sources - Softcover

Solomon, Robert C.; Greene, Jennifer K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072899115 ISBN 13: 9780072899115

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1998

Synopsis

This is an anthology of substantive selections from key texts in the history of moral philosophy or ethical theory. It may be used in an ethics course or in the ethics segment of an introduction to philosophy course. Student apparatus includes a concise introductory chapter, "What Is Ethics?" surveying major concepts, an end of book glossary of terms, a concise introduction to each philosopher, a helpful running commentary within each selection, and thought-provoking discussion questions at the end of each chapter. The revision features a new chapter 11 on Rawls, A Theory of Justice. The interspersed, extensive commentary and guide to the text and readings has been expanded throughout.

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About the Authors

Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and has taught at Princeton University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of California. He is the author of FROM RATIONALISM TO EXISTENTIALISM (Harper & Row, 1972), THE PASSIONS (Doubleday, 1976), IN THE SPIRIT OF HEGEL (Oxford, 1983), ABOUT LOVE (Simon & Schuster, 1988), ETHICS AND EXCELLENCE (Oxford, 1992), NEW WORLD OF BUSINESS (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), and A PASSION FOR WISDOM (Oxford, 1997), as well as a number of textbooks in general philosophy. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and has taught in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

Jennifer K. Greene is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and has taught at St. Edwards University, Southwestern University, and Baylor University. She is the author of several articles on coercion, and specializes in ethics and social and political philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0072899115
• ISBN 13: 9780072899115
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 504