Ethics: The Key Thinkers

Ethics: The Key Thinkers surveys the history of Western moral philosophy, guiding students through the work and ideas of the field's most important figures, from Plato to MacIntyre. With entries written by leading contemporary scholars, the book covers the following thinkers:

Plato

Aristotle

The Stoics

Thomas Aquinas

David Hume

Immanuel Kant

G.W.F. Hegel

Karl Marx

J.S. Mill

Friedrich Nietzsche

Alasdair MacIntyre

The book explores the contribution of each thinker in turn, narrating how they have changed the shape of ethical theory as a whole. The book also includes guides to the latest reading on each thinker.