{"product_id":"the-history-of-ethics","title":"The History of Ethics","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Vernon J. Bourke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe History of Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen first published in 1968,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVernon J. Bourke’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe History of Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame the first full-scale, English-language history of the subject since Henry Sidgwick’s 1886\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOutlines of the History of Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e. This new edition restores Bourke’s work to a single volume, thus providing an uninterrupted account of the ethical theories of Western philosophy from its beginnings, five hundred years before Christ, to the 1960s.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe History of Ethics\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eemphasizes the key contributions of numerous ethicians with focused treatments that avoid verbiage, while also engaging an expository, rather than critical, approach, in order to allow the theories and thinkers to stand (or fall) on their own merit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVernon J. Bourke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1907–1998) was an author and professor of philosophy and theology. A student of Etienne Gilson’s at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, he specialized in moral philosophy and was critical in the development of the Augustinian and Thomistic traditions in the twentieth century. His masterpiece, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugustine’s Quest of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is acclaimed as a milestone in Augustinian studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e502pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826221\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53100029935983,"sku":"978-1952826221","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":53100029968751,"sku":"978-1952826222","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_6x9--25.jpg?v=1781124628","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-history-of-ethics","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}