Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives

Book Overview

Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives offers students a unique introduction to ethics by integrating the historical development of Western moral philosophy with both feminist and multicultural approaches. Engaging and accessible, it provides an introductory sampling of several of the classical works of the Western tradition in ethics and then situates these readings within feminist and multicultural perspectives so that they can be better understood and evaluated in our contemporary environment. While some of the non-Western works parallel the views defended in the Western works (e.g., Confucius's work echoes that of Plato or Aristotle), others question the Western perspectives (e.g., American Indian works provide an interesting challenge to Western moral philosophy). Confucius, Jorge Valadez, Ward Churchill, Moshoeshoe II, and Eagle Man present multicultural perspectives to the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Sartre, Rawls, MacIntyre, Korsgaard, and others. Noted feminists Christine de Pizan, Simone de Beauvoir, Carol Gilligan, Annette Baier, Susan Okin, and Rosemarie Radford Ruether also offer alternative views. Ideal for courses in introduction to ethics, history of ethics, and feminist ethics, Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives is also intriguing reading for interested general readers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195127269
• ISBN13: 9780195127263
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Decent book to whet one's palette

For someone who only had a moderate interest in philosophy and ethics, this is a pretty good book to get. It includes works by various well-known philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, Rawls) and is arranged in order of when the particular philospher lived. There are also essays from other authors reacting to the writing of the philosopher. For example, Plato's "The Republic" is presented, followed by an essay title "Plato's Republic and Feminism" by Julia Annas. It aids in looks at classical philosphic texts in a more critical manner.