The opposite of reductionism -- The end of teleological ethics -- Ancient ethics and modern moral philosophy -- Comments on Bryan Van Norden's Virtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy -- Hume on approval -- Hume on the artificial virtues -- Kant for anti-Kantians -- Reconfiguring utilitarianism -- Under the influence : a very personal brief history of late-twentieth-century ethics -- Carol Gilligan and history of ethics.
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"In Essays on the History of Ethics Michael Slote collects his essays that deal with aspects of both ancient and modern ethical thought and seek to point out conceptual/normative comparisons and contrasts among different views. Arranged in chronological order of the philosopher under discussion, the relationship between ancient ethical theory and modern moral philosophy is a major theme of several of the papers and, in particular, Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and/or utilitarianism feature centrally in (most of) the discussions."--BOOK JACKET.