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Banner, William Augustus.

Ethics : an introduction to moral philosophy / William Augustus Banner. - New York : Scribner, [1968] - 175 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction: the realm of morals: Reflection and choice; The dimensions of virtue; Social existence and interdependence; Responsibility; Social criticism --
2. The science of morals: The nature of moral science; Reason and the freedom of will ; Motives: desire and the good ; Motives: feeling (sentiment) and the good; Summary: morality, criteria, and truth --
3. The ethics of Greece: The foundations; Socrates: no man does evil voluntarily; Plato; Aristotle --
4. Christian ethics: scholasticism and after: The foundations; St Augustine; St Thomas Aquinas; Modern Christian ethics: Reinhold Niebuhr --
5. The ethics of Kant: Background; The good will; The rational public order --
6. Utilitarianism: Jenny Bentham; John Stuart Mill --
7. The ethics of existentialism: Background; Soren Kierkegaard; Jean-Paul Sartre; Albert Camus --
8. Epilog: the person and the community: The good; The rights of persons; Order, function, equality.

LCCN: 68017349

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics.

LC Class. No.: BJ71 / .B18

Dewey Class. No.: 170