Real Ethics: Reconsidering the Foundations of Morality (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521809214)

John Rist surveys the history of ethics from Plato to the present and offers a vigorous defence of an ethical theory based on a revised version of Platonic realism. In a wide-ranging discussion he examines well-known alternatives to Platonism, in particular--Epicurus, Hobbes, Hume and Kant, as well as contemporary "practical reasoners". His accessible study is enhanced by a strong sense of philosophical history, and will be of interest to students and scholars of ethics.

Author: John M. Rist
ISBN-10: 0521809215
ISBN-13: 9780521809214
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2001
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2003 pg. 1197