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History of Ethics
Volume 1: Graeco-Roman to Early Modern Ethics
By Vernon J. Bourke
History of Ethics is...
an important, perhaps even a definitive, book
"It is surely destined to be used as a panoramic guide to the development of Western moral philosophy, from approximately 500 BCE to the present. A clear and comprehensive treatment."
—Commonweal
a clear and objective account of the ethical theories of Western philosophy
Dr. Bourke is well known for his writings on ethics and the history of ethics. He has here written a clear and objective account of the ethical theories of Western philosophy."
—Theology Digest
a more-than-your-money's worth outline of ethics
"that, while virtually indispensable for classrooms, also makes for interesting and informative private reading."
—Christian Century
the fruit of forty years spent studying and teaching philosophy
"Professor Bourke performs a valuable service for the amateur, as well as the professional student of philosophy. It is not to be gulped at one sitting, or a dozen. But the lively, human treatment is a great aid to digestion."
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
a summary of the major themes of many seminal thinkers on the subject of right and wrong
"After learnedly surveying Graeco-Roman, patristic and medieval, early modern and modern views, Professor Bourke outlines—with eminent clarity and judicious apportionment of space— contemporary viewpoints, expertly classified as axiological, self-realizing and utilitarian, naturalistic, and existential and phenomenological."
—Library Journal
Summary
History of Ethics is a clear, objective account of the ethical theories of Western philosophy, covering all the important schools of thought from 500 BCE through the 20th century, and touching on a great variety of thinkers.
Volume 1 addresses ethical theory from its origins in Greece, 500 BCE, to the Neo-Platonism of Rome; Patristic and Medieval theories including the significant Christian and pagan writers of the period as well as those medieval Jewish and Muslim ethicians who had an influence on western thought; a survey of early modern ethical theories such as those of Bruno, Montaigne, Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, and Kant.
About the Author
Vernon J. Bourke (1907-1998) was a professor of philosophy at St. Louis University for 45 years and the author of twenty books.
