James Tiles

Moral Measures (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction to Ethics West and East

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Moral Measures is a clear, fresh and accessible introduction to ethics which carefully illuminates the difficult issues surrounding cross-cultural ethics and moral thought. By examining Western and Eastern moral traditions, James Tiles explores the basis for determining ethical measures of conduct across different cultures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134590353
• Artikelnr.: 42982228

Autorenporträt

Jim Tiles is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai'i at M noa. He is the author of Dewey (1988), also published by Routledge and the co-author of An Introduction to Historical Epistemology (1992).

Inhaltsangabe

1 The field of ethics-a preliminary Survey 2 Concrete moralities 3 Sources
of validity 4 Conflict and the search for standards 5 Man as the measure 6
Law as measure 7 The measure of law 8 The qualities of exemplary persons 9
The end as a standard 10 Pleasure as the measure 11 The self as a problem
12 Conclusion: Measures that fall short?