Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College. He is the author of A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2017, Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Rethinking Philosophy and Theology with Deleuze: A New Cartography (Bloomsbury, 2013), True Freedom: Spinoza’s Practical Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2009) and Death and Desire in Hegel, Heidegger, and Deleuze (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).

• GlossaryTimelineIntroduction: Three QuestionsPart I: EthicsHow Should We Live? Aristotle and Spinoza1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good 2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness 3. Spinoza: The Universe and Power 4. Spinoza: Emotions and FreedomPart II: MoralityHow Should We Act? Kant and Mill5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good 6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative 7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure 8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest NumberPart III: BeyondHow Might We Live? Nietzsche and Levinas9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions 10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power 11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation 12. Levinas: Ethics and the OtherConclusion: Beyond BeyondSuggestions for Further Reading Bibliography Index

This textbook will be terrific for undergraduate students of philosophy but also for students from other disciplines where ethics, both from the historical and practical perspective, is taught.