Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Socrates and the Sophists: an Invitation to Ethics. 2. Plato. 4. Hellenistic Ethics: Epicurus and the Stoics. 5. Ethics During the Medieval Period. 6. Hobbes. 7. Spinoza. 8. Butler. 9. Hume. 10. Kant. 11. Hegel. 12. Bentham and Mills. 13. Nietzsche. Epilogue: Into the Twentieth Century. Recommended Readings. Notes. Index.