Reid on Ethics - (Philosophers in Depth) by S Roeser (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is the first edited collection to bring together classic pieces and new work by leading scholars of Thomas Reid. The contributors explore key elements of Reid's ideas about moral epistemology, moral emotions, moral agency and practical ethics.

About the Author

ALEXANDER BROADIE is Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, University of Glasgow (a chair once occupied by Adam Smith) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, UK TERENCE CUNEO is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Vermont, USA WILLIAM C. DAVIS is a Professor of Philosophy and the Chair of the Philosophy Department, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia, USA GORDON GRAHAM is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Director of the Princeton Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, USA JAMES HARRIS teaches philosophy at University of St Andrews, UK ESTHER R. KROEKER is a Research Fellow, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium MARION LEDWIG is currently visiting assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA KEITH LEHRER holds the following positions: Regents Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, Research Professor at University of Miami, and Honorary Professor at University of Graz DOUGLAS MCDERMID is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada RENÉ VAN WOUDENBERG has the chair in Metaphysics and Epistemology, Department of Philosophy of VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFF is Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University and Senior Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, USA GIDEON YAFFE is Associate Professor of Philosophy andLaw at the University of Southern California, USA