Virginia Held assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives. The ethics of care is only a few decades old, yet it is by now a distinct moral theory or normative approach to the problems we face. It is relevant to global and political matters as well as to the personal relations that can most c...(展开全部)

Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the u...(展开全部)

Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the u...(展开全部)

作者简介：[英]克拉克·约翰·威利斯（1833—1910），英国历史学家、剑桥大学研究员。1833年6月24日出生于剑桥，是该大学解剖学教授威廉·克拉克博士的儿子，也是罗伯特·威利斯教授的侄子。他在剑桥伊顿和三一学院（1856年，学士），1858年成为研究员。1866—1891年任剑桥动物博物馆馆长，1891—1910年任剑桥大学注册馆长。1875年，威利斯教授将《剑桥大学建筑史》的未完成手稿遗赠给克拉克，克拉克完成了该书的出版工作，并监督了该书的出版。他于1910年10月10日在剑桥去世。 译者简介： 黄瑶，英国威斯敏斯特大学媒体管理学硕士，曾赴牛津大学埃克塞特学院进修英国古典文学，译有《早知今日》《从天而落》《书信的历史》等文学作品。曾经游历欧亚17个国家，译有法国、西班牙、泰国等国的导游类书籍。

An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

作者简介：[英]克拉克·约翰·威利斯（1833—1910），英国历史学家、剑桥大学研究员。1833年6月24日出生于剑桥，是该大学解剖学教授威廉·克拉克博士的儿子，也是罗伯特·威利斯教授的侄子。他在剑桥伊顿和三一学院（1856年，学士），1858年成为研究员。1866—1891年任剑桥动物博物馆馆长，1891—1910年任剑桥大学注册馆长。1875年，威利斯教授将《剑桥大学建筑史》的未完成手稿遗赠给克拉克，克拉克完成了该书的出版工作，并监督了该书的出版。他于1910年10月10日在剑桥去世。 译者简介： 黄瑶，英国威斯敏斯特大学媒体管理学硕士，曾赴牛津大学埃克塞特学院进修英国古典文学，译有《早知今日》《从天而落》《书信的历史》等文学作品。曾经游历欧亚17个国家，译有法国、西班牙、泰国等国的导游类书籍。

Virginia Held assesses the ethics of care as a promising alternative to the familiar moral theories that serve so inadequately to guide our lives. The ethics of care is only a few decades old, yet it is by now a distinct moral theory or normative approach to the problems we face. It is relevant to global and political matters as well as to the personal relations that can most c...(展开全部)

The Ethics of Gender investigates the impact of thinking with gender on modern ethics, and considers the insights that postmodern gender theory might bring to the ethical project.

By looking past simplistic, one-sided judgements of modern culture, by distinguishing the good and valuable from the socially and politically perilous, Taylor articulates the promise of our age.