Great Traditions In Ethics by Ethel Albert, Theodore Denise, Sheldon Peterfreund - 1988

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There is minimal bumping and fraying on the cover boards. The previous owner's name is written on the title page, and there are some markings and highlighting on the other pages.

"'The unexamined life is not worth living.' In these terms, Socrates---the first great moral philosopher of western civilization---stated the creed of reflective individuals and set the task of ethical theory. To seek, with the aid of reason, a consistent and correct ideal of life is the traditional goal of moral philosophers. Yet, to search for basic moral principles and to attempt to solve problems concerning the good and the bad, the right and the wrong, is not the exclusive province of philosophers. Writers, government leaders, historians, and ordinary citizens also conduct ethical inquiry, although they may not call it that. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, as well as discussions at the bridge table and in college dormitories, exemplify at various levels the same questing spirit and desire for wisdom...." - Introduction from Great Traditions In Ethics