1st Edition
Right Actions and Good Persons Controversies Between Eudaimonistic and Deontic Moral Theories
By Marjaana Kopperi
Copyright 1999
132 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
First published in 1999, this work tests the ancient against the modern in discussing whether modern approaches to ethics remain sufficiently able to provide a serious and justifiable account of morality. Marjaana Kopperi explores ancient, medieval and enlightenment philosophy to compare their notion of moral agents and ‘the good life’ with the more action-based notions of modern philosophy.... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. Morality in Ancient and Modern Theories. 3. Ethics and the Good Life. 4. Contextual Justification of Morality. 5. Moral Obligation and the Meaningful Life.
Biography
Marjaana Kopperi
