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Virtue ethics which focuses upon the character of moral agents more than on the moral status of their actions or the consequences of those actions, has become one of the most important and stimulating areas of contemporary ethical theory. This is an introduction that provides an ...overview of the history of virtue ethics from Aristotle to Nietzsche.
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Provides an introduction to the major schools, movements and traditions in philosophy and the history of ideas since the beginning of the Enlightenment. This work presents an introduction to modern hermeneutics through an examination of the ideas of its key philosophical proponen...ts.
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Provides a guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. This book traces phenomenology's historical development, and assesses critical responses to phenomenology. It guides the reader through the array of technical concepts and jargon associated wit...h phenomenology.
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Nietzsche's critiques of traditional modes of thinking, valuing and living, as well as his radical proposals for new alternatives, have been vastly influential in a variety of areas. This book charts Nietzsche's influence, both historically and thematically, across a variety of t...hese contrasting disciplines and schools of interpretation.
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A jargon-free and clear survey of existential thought.
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Provides a guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. This book traces phenomenology's historical development, and assesses critical responses to phenomenology. It guides the reader through the array of technical concepts and jargon associated wit...h phenomenology.
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Presents an introduction to the key concepts and developments in psychoanalysis and its impact on modern thought. Charting pivotal moments in the theorization and reception of psychoanalysis, this book provides an account of the concerns and development of Freud's work, as well a...s his prominent successors, Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan.
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Provides an introduction to the philosophical movement that emerged in 1781, with the publication of Kant's monumental Critique of Pure Reason , and ended fifty years later, with Hegel's death. This book examines some of the most important early criticisms of German Idealism and ...the philosophical alternatives to which they led.
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Offers an introduction to empiricism and the empiricist tradition in philosophy. This book presents empiricism as a philosophical outlook that unites several philosophers and discusses important philosophical issues bearing on the subject. Intended for students, it is a survey of... the history of empiricist ideas.
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A thoughtful and lucid account of poststructuralism and a significant intervention in the field.
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