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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Körperschaft: Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
Weitere Verfasser: Sattler, Barbara (HerausgeberIn), Coope, Ursula (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, USA, Port Melbourne, Australia, New Delhi, India, Singapore 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"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 218-228
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Beschreibung:ix, 236 Seiten
24 cm
ISBN:9781108839785
978-1-108-83978-5
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978-1-108-81372-3