The History of Western Ethics

The History of Western Ethics
Author: Brian Duignan Senior Editor, Religion and Philosophy
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1615303014

Ethics is the business of moral philosophy by which humans try to determine what behaviors are right and wrong; good and bad; noble and ignoble. Each person strives for rectitude as they understand it, while working within the accepted values of a larger group dynamic. The moral view of the larger group is developed and refined within a state of flux, and new circumstances are constantly arising that defy individual consciences and compel each individual to reexamine how he or she applies ethical principles in everyday life. This absorbing volume looks at the development of the three major fields of Western ethics over time, while providing insightful cross-cultural comparisons between ancient moral philosophies of societies across the globe.

Classical Ethics: East and West

Classical Ethics: East and West
Author: Robert Zeuschner
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-06-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780070728387

This text combines discussions of major classical Western philosophical ethical systems (primarily Greek and Judeo-Christian) and, in equal depth, discussions of three non-Western ethical traditions (Indian Buddhist, Chinese Confucian, and Chinese Taoist) in a multi-cultural historical framework.

A History of Western Ethics

A History of Western Ethics
Author: Charlotte B. Becker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1135883696

This newly revised and updated edition of A History of Western Ethics is a coherent and accessible overview of the most important figures and influential ideas of the history of ethics in the Western philosophical tradition.

Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy

Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy
Author: Robert Cavalier
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 447
Release: 1989-09-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1349202037

'...this magnificent collection of presentations of the thought of the giants of Western ethics deserves to become a basic reference work in the field.' Ralph McInerny, The University of Notre Dame

Cowboy Ethics

Cowboy Ethics
Author: James P. Owen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1629141399

A new approach to business ethics is quietly taking hold in executive suites and corporate boardrooms across America. Frustrated by an epidemic of misbehavior at all employee levels, management teams are getting back to basics—back to the idea that personal character and individual responsibility are the ultimate keys to integrity, just as they were back in the days of the Open Range. A decade ago, the book Cowboy Ethics first inspired businesspeople to look to the Code of the West. Once they did, they discovered that its simple, common-sense principles can be more effective guides to business leadership than a truckload of corporate mission statements, rules, and ethics manuals. “Cowboys are role models because they live by a code,” says author James P. Owen. “They show us what it means to stand for something, and to strive every day to make your actions line up with your beliefs. And isn’t that as good a definition of integrity as you can find?” In the years since, the book’s “Ten Principles to Live By” have been embraced by scores of companies, universities, and even a state government. This updated Tenth Anniversary hardcover edition traces the evolution of this grassroots business movement in brand-new chapters while preserving the inspirational lessons and stunning photography of the original. It’s ideal for corporate gifts, the new graduate, business students, or any career person who cares about doing the right thing.

Western Ethics

Western Ethics
Author: Robert L. Arrington
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1998-01-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780631194163

This volume provides a wide-ranging and lucid introducing to the major ethical theories found in the history of Western philosophy.

Ethics Through Literature

Ethics Through Literature
Author: Brian Stock
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781584656999

Why do we read? Based on a series of lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel in 2005, Brian Stock presents a model for relating ascetic and aesthetic principles in Western reading practices. He begins by establishing the primacy of the ethical objective in the ascetic approach to literature in Western classical thought from Plato to Augustine. This is understood in contrast to the aesthetic appreciation of literature that finds pleasure in the reading of the text in and of itself. Examples of this long-standing tension as displayed in a literary topos, first outlined in these lectures, which describes “scenes of reading,” are found in the works of Peter Abelard, Dante, and Virginia Woolf, among others. But, as this original and often surprising work shows, the distinction between the ascetic and aesthetic impulse in reading, while necessary, is often misleading. As he writes, “All Western reading, it would appear, has an ethical component, and the value placed on this component does not change much over time.” Tracing the ascetic component of reading from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance and beyond, to Coleridge and Schopenhauer, Stock reveals the ascetic or ethical as a constant with the aesthetic serving as opposition, parallel force, and handmaiden, underscoring the historical consistency of the reading experience through the ages and across various media.

Disruptive Christian Ethics

Disruptive Christian Ethics
Author: Traci C. West
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664229597

This book brings to the fore the difficult realities of racism and the sexual violation of women. Traci West argues for a liberative method of Christian social ethics in which the discussion begins not with generic philosophical concepts but in the concrete realities of the lives of the socially and economically marginalized.

Moral Measures

Moral Measures
Author: J. E. Tiles
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2000
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780415224956

A clear, fresh and accessible introduction to ethics which explores the relationship between Western and Eastern ethical thought and carefully illuminates the difficult issues surrounding cross-cultural ethics and moral thought.