文档介绍:The Bases of ethics The Bases of ethics Edited by William Sweet Marquette Studies in Philosophy N o. 23 Andrew Tallon, Series Editor Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The bases of ethics / edited by William Sweet. p. cm. —(Marquette studies in philosophy ; no. 23) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87462-622-6 (alk. paper) 1. Ethics. I. Sweet, William. II. Marquette studies in philosophy ; #23. BJ1012 .B375 2000 170—dc21 00-012239 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. Contents Introduction: The Bases of Ethics and Ethical Foundationalism William Sweet............................................................................... 7 Ch. 1 The Origins and Uses of the Classical Moral Theories Roger Sullivan ............................................................................ 23 Ch. 2 Wisdom as Foundational Ethical Theory in Thomas Aquinas Lawrence Dewan, . ................................................................ 39 Ch. 3 Descartes and the Ethics of Generosity Leslie Armour ............................................................................. 79 Ch. 4 Is Pity the Basis of Ethics? Nietzsche versus Schopenhauer T. L. S. Sprigge ......................................................................... 103 Ch. 5 J acques Maritain and Karol Wojtyla: Approches to Modernity h Schmitz ...................................................................... 126 Ch. 6 On the Foundations of Ethics Hugo Meynell........................................................................... 140 Ch. 7 Ethics, the Humanities, and the Formation of Persons Thomas De Koninck ................................................................ 154 Ch. 8 Personal Identity and the Sense of Duty Elizabeth Trott ......................