What Would Socrates Do? The History of Moral Thought and Ethics

PORTABLE PROFESSOR™ is a series of exciting and informative lectures recorded by some of today's most renowned university and college professors. Each course introduces listeners to fascinating, and sometimes startling, insights into the intellectual forces that shape our understanding of the world. Each package includes 14 riveting lectures presented by notable professors as well as a book-length course guide.™ is a series of exciting and informative lectures recorded by some of today's most renowned university and college professors. Each course introduces listeners to fascinating, and sometimes startling, insights into the intellectual forces that shape our understanding of the world. Each package includes 14 riveting lectures presented by notable professors as well as a book-length course guide.

The act of distinguishing between right and wrong, and to act accordingly—that is, the pursuit of a thoughtful life, well-lived-is a core component of the human experience. "The unavoidability of ethics," as Professor Peter Kreeft puts it, forms the basis of this intriguing set of lectures, which explores the history of moral thought and ethics by examining millennia of relevant philosophical and religious texts.

COURSE LECTURES

Being Good and Everything Else: An Introduction Being Good and Being Traditional: Why Do We Call It "Ancient Wisdom"? Being Good and Being Wise: Can Virtue Be Taught? Being Good and Being Pious: Plato's EuthyphroEuthyphro Being Good and Being Happy: Plato's RepublicRepublic Aristotle's Ethics Being Good and Being Successful: Aquinas on What Is the Meaning of Life? Being Good and Being Successful According to Machiavelli: Is It Either/Or? Being Good and Being Evil: Is Humanity Naturally Good? (Hobbes vs. Rousseau) Being Good and Being Scientific: Can Morality Be a Science? (Descartes,Hume, Mill) Being Good and Being Fair: The Ethics of Kant Being Good and Being Secular: Can an Atheist Be Ethical? The Ethics of Jean-Paul Sartre Being Good in Eastern Ethics Final Questions: Who's to Say Who's Right?

Peter KreeftPeter Kreeft is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has degrees from both Calvin College and Fordham University, where he also earned his Ph.D. He has taught a broad range of courses covering scores of topics related to philosophy and religion and has written numerous books on similar topics, including Socrates Meets Jesus: History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ.Socrates Meets Jesus: History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ.