Ancient ethics and the natural world
"In contemporary discussions, ethics and inquiry into the natural world are often treated as two completely independent fields of study. By contrast, many ancient thinkers took them to be intimately connected. This volume aims to shed light on the various ways in which ancient thinkers drew con...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA
Cambridge University Press
2021
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Zusammenfassung: | "In contemporary discussions, ethics and inquiry into the natural world are often treated as two completely independent fields of study. By contrast, many ancient thinkers took them to be intimately connected. This volume aims to shed light on the various ways in which ancient thinkers drew connections between these two fields. Human beings are in some sense part of the natural world, and they live their lives within a larger cosmos, but yet their actions are governed by norms whose relation to the natural world is up for debate"-- |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | x, 236 Seiten |
ISBN: | 9781108839785 |