Why Be Good?: A Historical Introduction to Ethics

by Duncan Richter

Book Overview

In Plato's Republic, the character Thrasymachus asks whether it is important to be morally good. He contends that the only rational policy to follow is one of strict self-interest; if you can get away with it, why not do the "wrong" thing? Why be good?
Ideal for courses in introductory ethics or the history of ethics, Why Be Good?: A Historical Introduction to Ethics takes up Thrasymachus' immoralist challenge, using it as a unifying theme throughout...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195325052
• ISBN13: 9780195325058
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"