The Retrieval of Ethics
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| Author | Talbot Brewer |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | ethics |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Pages | 344 |
| ISBN | 9780199557882 |
The Retrieval of Ethics is a 2009 book by Talbot Brewer in which the author tries to re-examine the history of ethics from ancient Greek philosophy to the present and “retrieve” the strengths of the Ancients in order to provide a radical reconception of moral philosophy and its role in life.
Reception
[edit]Brewer's ideas have been criticized by different scholars including Lorraine Besser-Jones, Bradford Cokelet, Christopher Cordner, Mark LeBar and Tamar Schapiro.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ LeBar, Mark (1 July 2012). "Talbot Brewer, The Retrieval of Ethics". Ethics. 122 (4): 797–801. doi:10.1086/666535. ISSN 0014-1704.
- ^ Cokelet, Bradford (2011). "Review of The Retrieval of Ethics". Analysis. 71 (1): 193–195. doi:10.1093/analys/anq098. ISSN 0003-2638. JSTOR 41237296.
- ^ Schapiro, Tamar (8 December 2009). "The Retrieval of Ethics". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
- ^ Besser-Jones, Lorraine (1 January 2011). "Drawn to the Good? Brewer on Dialectical Activity". Journal of Moral Philosophy. 8 (4): 621–631. doi:10.1163/174552411X592194. S2CID 144290108.
- ^ Cordner, Christopher (April 2016). "Dialectical Activity, Ritual, and Value: A Critique of Talbot Brewer: Philosophical Investigations". Philosophical Investigations. 39 (2): 178–191. doi:10.1111/phin.12080.
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