In order to understand how exactly moral facts and values could be endorsed, it can be useful to consider how they have been justified throughout western history. Ancient philosophers in particular can be useful because they considered every possibility they could think of and we still revisit those same themes time and time again. (Do we need God to justify values? If so, how does it help do so?) (more…)
January 4, 2009
Chapter 1: Ancient Ethics
Filed under: epistemology,ethics,metaphysics,philosophy — JW Gray @ 9:09 am
Tags: aristotle, epicurus, history, moral realism, morality, plato, socrates, stocism
Tags: aristotle, epicurus, history, moral realism, morality, plato, socrates, stocism