1st Edition

Moral Measures An Introduction to Ethics West and East

By James Tiles Copyright 2000
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

Moral Measures is a clear, fresh and accessible introduction to ethics which carefully illuminates the difficult issues surrounding cross-cultural ethics and moral thought. By examining Western and Eastern moral traditions, James Tiles explores the basis for determining ethical measures of conduct across different cultures.

1 The field of ethics—a preliminary Survey 2 Concrete moralities 3 Sources of validity 4 Conflict and the search for standards 5 Man as the measure 6 Law as measure 7 The measure of law 8 The qualities of exemplary persons 9 The end as a standard 10 Pleasure as the measure 11 The self as a problem 12 Conclusion: Measures that fall short?

Biography

Jim Tiles is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i at M noa. He is the author of Dewey (1988), also published by Routledge and the co-author of An Introduction to Historical Epistemology (1992).