Conscience, once a core concept for ethics, has mostly disappeared from modern moral theory. In this book Douglas Langston traces its intellectual history to account for its neglect while arguing for its still vital importance, if correctly understood.
In medieval times, Langston shows in Part I, the notions of ......
The pervasiveness of Protestant natural law in the early modern period and its significance in the Scottish Enlightenment have long been recognized. This book reveals that Thomas Reid (1710–1796)—the great contemporary of David Hume and Adam Smith—also worked in this tradition. When Reid succeeded Adam Smith as professor of ......
A biography of Hypatia which integrates various aspects of her life. It places emphasis that, though she was a philosopher, she was first and foremost a mathematician and astronomer of great accomplishment. It describes her work and gives details on the historical, intellectual, and religious context of Hypatia's times.
One of the most influential thinkers in the history of the West was Socrates of Athens (469-399 BCE). Through a critical and documented study of the major ancient sources about Socrates - in the writings of Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle - the author reconstructs a consistent portrait of this enigmatic philosopher.
To be free is to escape all limitations and obstacles—or so we think at first. But if we probe further, we discover that freedom embraces its own necessities, a set of conditions without which it could not exist. Freedom's Embrace explores these necessities of freedom.
J. Melvin Woody surveys competing conceptions of ......
An anthology that addresses various aspects of Thomas Aquinas' understanding of morality and comment on his legacy. This title introduces readers to the sources, methods, and major themes of Aquinas' ethics.
Originally published by Routledge in 1988, this pioneering collection of essays now features a new preface and updated bibliography by the editor, reflecting the most significant developments in Plato scholarship during the past decade.
Charts the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Surveying 1500 years of pre-Christian medical moral history, this book applies insights from ancient medical ethics to developments in contemporary medicine such as advance directives, gene therapy, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and surrogate motherhood.
Plato's dialogue about legislation and governance in an ideal state supposedly takes place among three travellers passing the time during a long journey by foot. Plato covers the philosophical ground in this dialogue ranging from mundane, everyday affairs to questions about the existence of gods, the nature of the soul, and the problem of evil.
