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