History of Ethical Philosophy

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The history of ethical philosophy concerns itself with values and right and wrong behavior in the context of those values. It tries to define foundational concepts: good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.
Our maps of ethical philosophy draw upon philosophers from ancient Greece and Rome, the social philosophy of China, and the canon of Christianity and Judaism.
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Index
Aristotle: The Philosopher • The Teacher • The Statesman | Plato: The Academy • Beliefs • The Artist • The Lawmaker • The Metaphysicist • The Utopian | The Moralist | Socrates: The Philosopher • The Teacher • Death | Cassius Dio | Cato the Elder: Background • Writings • Legacy | Catullus | Cicero: Background • Beliefs • Writings | Dio Chrysostom | Ennius | Epictetus | Eusebius | Horace | Julius Caesar | Juvenal | Lactantius | Lucan | Lucretius: Writings | Panaetius of Rhodes | | Philo | Plautus | Plotinus | Seneca the Younger: Beliefs • Writings | Cynicism | Epicureanism | Stoicism: Zeno of Citium • Panaetius of Rhodes • Posidonius • Statius • Rufus | Skepticism: Carneades • Lyceum • Pyrrho | Epicureanism: Epicurus | Chinese Social Philosophy • Yang Zhu • Confucius: Background | Confucianism: Confucian Classics • Concerns • Politics • Morality • The Way of the Higher Man • Legacy | Legalism • Daoism • Mencius: Background • Beliefs • Politics | Mo-Tzu | Xunzi | Zhuangzi | Christianity: Origins | Apostles: John: Writings • Paul: Background • Missions • Beliefs | Peter | Disciples | Gospels | Early Christianity: Moral Code • Sacraments • Ritual • Doctrine • Orthodoxy • Creeds • Monasticism | Jesus of Nazareth: Life and Teachings • Achievements • Final Break • Death and Transfiguration • Perception • Scholarship | Church Fathers: Augustine | Literature: Origen • Tertullian • Apologists • Literary Tradition | Modern Scholarship: Higher Criticism | Judaism • People of the Book: Book of Genesis | Prophets: Jeremiah • Isaiah • Mosaic Code
Ancient Greece

Aristotle

Aristotle: The Philosopher

Aristotle: The Teacher

Aristotle: The Statesman

Plato

Plato: The Academy

Plato: Beliefs

Plato: The Artist

Plato: The Lawmaker

Plato: The Metaphysicist

Plato: The Utopian

Plato: The Moralist

Philosophy: Socrates

Socrates: The Philosopher

Socrates: The Teacher

Socrates: Death
Ancient Rome

Cassius Dio

Cato the Elder

Cato the Elder: Background

Cato the Elder: Writings

Cato the Elder: Legacy

Catullus

Cicero

Cicero: Background

Cicero: Beliefs

Cicero: Writings

Dio Chrysostom

Ennius

Epictetus

Eusebius

Horace

Julius Caesar

Juvenal

Lactantius

Lucan

Lucretius

Lucretius: Writings

Panaetius of Rhodes

Philo

Plautus

Plotinus

Seneca the Younger

Seneca the Younger: Beliefs

Seneca the Younger: Writings

Cynicism

Epicureanism

Neo-Platonism

Varro
Hellenistic Kingdoms

Stoicism

Zeno of Citium

Posidonius

Rufus

Statius

Skepticism

Carneades

The Lyceum

Pyrrho

Epicureanism

Epicurus
China

Social Philosophy

Yang Zhu

Confucius

Confucius: Background

Confucianism

Confucian Classics

Confucianism: Concerns

Confucianism: Politics

Confucianism: Morality

Confucianism: The Way of the Higher Man

Confucianism: Legacy

Legalism

Daoism

Mencius

Mencius: Background

Mencius: Beliefs

Mencius: Politics

Mo-tzu

Xun-tzu

Zhuang-tzu
Christianity

Christianity

Christianity: Origins

Apostles: John

John: Writings

Apostles: Paul

Paul: Background

Paul: Missions

Paul: Beliefs

Apostles: Peter

Christianity: Disciples

Christianity: Gospels

Early Christianity

Early Christianity: Moral Code

Early Christianity: Sacraments

Early Christianity: Ritual

Christianity: Doctrine

Doctrine: Orthodoxy

Christianity: Creeds

Monasticism

Jesus of Nazareth: Life and Teachings

Jesus of Nazareth: Achievements

Jesus of Nazareth: Final Break

Jesus of Nazareth: Death and Transfiguration

Jesus of Nazareth: Perception

Jesus of Nazareth: Scholarship

The Church: Church Fathers

Church Fathers: Augustine

Culture: Literature

Literature: Origen

Literature: Tertullian

Literature: Apologists

Literature: Literary Tradition

Modern Scholarship

Higher Criticism
Judaism

Judaism

Beliefs

People of the Book

Book of Genesis

Prophets

Jeremiah

Isaiah

Mosaic Code
