Real Ethics: Reconsidering the Foundations of Morality
, by John M. RistNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521809214 | 0521809215
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/14/2002
John Rist surveys the history of ethics from Plato to the present and offers a vigorous defence of an ethical theory based on a revised version of Platonic realism. In a wide-ranging discussion he examines well-known alternatives to Platonism, in particular--Epicurus, Hobbes, Hume and Kant, as well as contemporary "practical reasoners". His accessible study is enhanced by a strong sense of philosophical history, and will be of interest to students and scholars of ethics.