This alphabetic guide introduces the main positions, key figures, basic approaches, and central problems in ethical theory. Thorough and up-to-date it is a uniquely concise but comprehensive philosophical reference work to the subject.
Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements
Introduction
A-Z Entries
Bibliography
Jonathan Jacobs is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Division of the Humanities at Colgate University, New York. He is the author of Aristotle's Virtues: Nature, Knowledge, and Human Good (Lang, 2003), Dimensions of Moral Theory (Blackwell, 2002), Choosing Character: Responsibility for Virtue and Vice (Cornell University Press, 2001).