Author(s): Stephen Everson (Editor); Susan S. Meyer (Contribution by); C. H. Kahn (Contribution by); C. C. Taylor (Contribution by); Julia Annas (Contribution by); John McDowell (Contribution by); David Sedley (Contribution by); T. H. Irwin (Contribution by)

Philosophy

This collection of essays provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.