2009, ISBN: 9780199664696

Hardcover

Paperback / softback. New. Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy. It gets students to struggle with the big questio… More...

Paperback / softback. New. Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy. It gets students to struggle with the big questions of morality while it also relates these questions to practical issues, especially racism, global warming, moral education, and abortion. Providing a practical method for thinking about moral issues-a method based largely on the golden rule-it is written simply and clearly throughout. College students who are new to philosophy or who have already taken an introductory-level course will benefit from its use. Key Features: Serves as either the sole textbook for a lower-level introduction to ethics/moral philosophy course or a supplementary text for a more advanced undergraduate ethics course. Provides clear, direct writing throughout, making each chapter easily accessible for an engaged undergraduate student. Offers a philosophically rigorous presentation of the golden rule. Includes helpful study aids, including: bolded technical terms; boxes for key ideas; summaries, study questions, and suggested readings for each chapter; and a comprehensive glossary/index at the back of the book. Key Additions to the Third Edition: Each chapter now offers additional, optional sections on more advanced topics for students wishing to dig deeper into the material (advanced topics include: Kohlberg's moral psychology, whether morality is gendered, types of relativism, early Greek ethics, Hume, and the prisoner's dilemma). Other improvements include: better chapter organization, clearer explanations, improved examples, new names for key arguments, and a better Kindle version. An updated and improved EthiCola instructional program (with a score-processing program, teacher's manual, and class slides), which can be downloaded from the web for free (from www.harrycola.com/ec or www.harryhiker.com/ec)., 6, Paperback / softback. New. The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd century A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Scholars have long thought that we could rely on those testimonies to know Porphyry's ideas. Exploring early religious debates which still resonate today, Porphyry in Fragments argues instead that Porphyry's actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents., 6, Brill, Leiden, 1971. 133,15p. Cloth; wire stitched. Gilt stamped. With extra copy of the Greek text., 0, Franz Steiner Verlag. Fine with no dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 3515090843 . Philosophie der Antike (PhA) Band 21; 244 pages; The early modern period constructed its perception of the past on the basis of an Hellenistic antiquity influenced by the Roman era, and tuned its back on the outmoded concept of Aristotelian antiquity. A similar shift can be perceived among the Hellenistic philosophical schools as early as 300 BC. The studies published in this conference volume contrast the similarities and differences of these two changes in philosophical perception. German text. ., Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009, 5, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1989. XVIII,378p. Cloth.Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Contents: G. NAGY: Early Greek views of poets and poetry (pp.1-78); G.A. KENNEDY: Language and meaning in Archaic and Classical Greece (pp.78-92); G.R.F. FERRARI: Plato and poetry (pp.92-149); St. HALLIWELL: Aristotle?s poetics (pp.149-184); G.A. KENNEDY: The evolution of a theory of artistic prose (pp.184-200); G.A. KENNEDY: Hellenistic literary and philosophical scholarship (pp.200-220); E. FANTHAM: The growth of literature and criticism at Rome (pp.220-245); D.C. INNES: Augustan critics (pp.245-274); E. FANTHAM: Latin criticism of the Early empire (pp.274-297); D.A. RUSSELL: Greek criticism of the Empire (pp.297-330); G.A. KENNEDY: Christianity and criticism (pp.330-347); Bibliography; Index. 'Literary criticism matters because ... it is concerned not simply with the narrow issue of how we should read specific texts, but with larger and more fundamental questions about the nature and function of literature. The new Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, which aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the subject from classical antiquity to the present day, is therefore a welcome prospect. Volume One, the first of a projected nine volumes, covers the whole field of ancient criticism up to the early fourth century AD and provides the sort of thorough and judicious account that we would expect from a standard work of reference.' (Times Higher Education Supplement). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover., 0, Paperback / softback. New. Parmenides of Elea is generally considered the most profound and challenging of the Presocratic philosophers. John Palmer develops and defends a fundamentally original interpretation of Parmenides and his place in early Greek thought. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes., 6<

2012, ISBN: 0199664692

[EAN: 9780199664696], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press, Oxford], Paperback. John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first… More...

[EAN: 9780199664696], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press, Oxford], Paperback. John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of theways of inquiry that define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses of his arguments demonstrating the temporal and spatial attributes of what is and cannot notbe. Since the existence of this necessary being does not preclude the existence of other entities that are but need not be, Parmenides' cosmology can straightforwardly be taken as his account of the origin and operation of the world's mutable entities. Later chapters reassess the major Presocratics' relation to Parmenides in light of the modal interpretation, focusing particularly on Zeno, Melissus, Anaxagoras, and Empedocles. In the end, Parmenides' distinction among the principal modes ofbeing, and his arguments regarding what what must be must be like, simply in virtue of its mode of being, entitle him to be seen as the founder of metaphysics or ontology as a domain of inquiry distinctfrom natural philosophy and theology. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes. Parmenides of Elea is generally considered the most profound and challenging of the Presocratic philosophers. John Palmer develops and defends a fundamentally original interpretation of Parmenides and his place in early Greek thought. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<

2012, ISBN: 0199664692

[EAN: 9780199664696], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press, Oxford], Paperback. John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first… More...

[EAN: 9780199664696], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press, Oxford], Paperback. John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development of Presocratic philosophy in light of this new interpretation. Careful treatment of Parmenides' specification of theways of inquiry that define his metaphysical and epistemological outlook paves the way for detailed analyses of his arguments demonstrating the temporal and spatial attributes of what is and cannot notbe. Since the existence of this necessary being does not preclude the existence of other entities that are but need not be, Parmenides' cosmology can straightforwardly be taken as his account of the origin and operation of the world's mutable entities. Later chapters reassess the major Presocratics' relation to Parmenides in light of the modal interpretation, focusing particularly on Zeno, Melissus, Anaxagoras, and Empedocles. In the end, Parmenides' distinction among the principal modes ofbeing, and his arguments regarding what what must be must be like, simply in virtue of its mode of being, entitle him to be seen as the founder of metaphysics or ontology as a domain of inquiry distinctfrom natural philosophy and theology. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes. Parmenides of Elea is generally considered the most profound and challenging of the Presocratic philosophers. John Palmer develops and defends a fundamentally original interpretation of Parmenides and his place in early Greek thought. An appendix presents a Greek text of the fragments of Parmenides' poem with English translation and textual notes. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<

2013, ISBN: 9780199664696

Oxford University Press, Taschenbuch, 442 Seiten, Publiziert: 2013-02-07T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.38 kg, Verkaufsrang: 18024, Philosophiegeschichte, Philosophie, Sozialwissenscha… More...

Oxford University Press, Taschenbuch, 442 Seiten, Publiziert: 2013-02-07T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.38 kg, Verkaufsrang: 18024, Philosophiegeschichte, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Oxford University Press, 2013<

2012, ISBN: 9780199664696

Buch, Softcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2012