Moral Philosophy on the Threshold of Modernity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005)

Over the past twenty years the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern era has received increasing attention from experts in the history of philosophy. In part, this new interest arises from claims, made in literature aimed at a less specialist readership, that this transition was responsible for the subsequent philosophical and theological problems of the Enlightenment. Philosophers like Alasdair MacIntyre and theologians like John Milbank display a certain nostalgia for the medieval synthesis of Thomas Aquinas and, consequently, evaluate the period from 1300 to 1700 in rather negative terms. Other historians of philosophy writing for the general public, such as Charles Taylor, take a more positive view of the Reformation but nevertheless conclude that modernity has been shaped by 1 conflicts which stem from early modern times. Ethics and moral thought occupy a central place in these theories. It is assumed that we have lost something - the concept of virtue, for instance, or the source of common morality. Yet those who put forward such notions do not treat the history of ethics in detail. From the historian's perspective, their far-reaching theoretical assumptions are based on a quite small body of textual evidence. In reality, there was a rich variety of approaches to moral thinking and ethical theories during the period from 1400 to 1600.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	The New Synthese Historical Library, 57
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	2005
Editors:	Jill Kraye • Risto Saarinen
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-6765-4
Categories:	Books > Law > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	90-481-6765-5
Barcode:	9789048167654

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