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  • A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century, Second Edition
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  • Alasdair MacIntyre
  • 2017
  • Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
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A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair MacIntyre has included a new preface in which he examines his book “thirty years on” and considers its impact. It remains an important work, ideal for all students interested in ethics and morality.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. vii-xx
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  1. Preface to the First Edition
  2. pp. xxi-xxiv
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  1. Chapter 1. The Philosophical Point of the History of Ethics
  2. pp. 1-4
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  1. Chapter 2. The Prephilosophical History of "Good" and the Transition to Philosophy
  2. pp. 5-13
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  1. Chapter 3. The Sophists and Socrates
  2. pp. 14-25
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  1. Chapter 4. Plato: The Gorgias
  2. pp. 26-32
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  1. Chapter 5. Plato: The Republic
  2. pp. 33-50
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  1. Chapter 6. Postcard to Plato
  2. pp. 51-56
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  1. Chapter 7. Aristotle's Ethics
  2. pp. 57-83
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  1. Chapter 8. Postscript to Greek Ethics
  2. pp. 84-109
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  1. Chapter 9. Christianity
  2. pp. 110-120
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  1. Chapter 10. Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza
  2. pp. 121-145
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  1. Chapter 11. New Values
  2. pp. 146-156
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  1. Chapter 12. The British Eighteenth-Century Argument
  2. pp. 157-177
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  1. Chapter 13. The French Eighteenth-Century Argument
  2. pp. 178-189
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  1. Chapter 14. Kant
  2. pp. 190-198
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  1. Chapter 15. Hegel and Marx
  2. pp. 199-214
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  1. Chapter 16. Kierkegaard to Nietzsche
  2. pp. 215-226
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  1. Chapter 17. Reformers, Utilitarians, Idealists
  2. pp. 227-248
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  1. Chapter 18. Modern Moral Philosophy
  2. pp. 249-270
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 271-272
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 273-280
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