Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College. He is the author of A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2017, Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Rethinking Philosophy and Theology with Deleuze: A New Cartography (Bloomsbury, 2013), True Freedom: Spinoza’s Practical Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2009) and Death and Desire in Hegel, Heidegger, and Deleuze (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).

This textbook will be terrific for undergraduate students of philosophy but also for students from other disciplines where ethics, both from the historical and practical perspective, is taught.

• GlossaryTimelineIntroduction: Three QuestionsPart I. Ethics: How Should We Live? Aristotle and Spinoza1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness3. Spinoza: The Universe and Power4. Spinoza: Emotions and FreedomPart II. Morality: How Should We Act? Kant and Mill5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest NumberPart III. Beyond: How Might We Live? Nietzsche and Levinas9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation12. Levinas: Ethics and the OtherConclusion: Beyond BeyondSuggestions for Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College. He is the author of A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2017, Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Rethinking Philosophy and Theology with Deleuze: A New Cartography (Bloomsbury, 2013), True Freedom: Spinoza’s Practical Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2009) and Death and Desire in Hegel, Heidegger, and Deleuze (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).

This textbook will be terrific for undergraduate students of philosophy but also for students from other disciplines where ethics, both from the historical and practical perspective, is taught.

• GlossaryTimelineIntroduction: Three QuestionsPart I. Ethics: How Should We Live? Aristotle and Spinoza1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness3. Spinoza: The Universe and Power4. Spinoza: Emotions and FreedomPart II. Morality: How Should We Act? Kant and Mill5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest NumberPart III. Beyond: How Might We Live? Nietzsche and Levinas9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation12. Levinas: Ethics and the OtherConclusion: Beyond BeyondSuggestions for Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College. He is the author of A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2017, Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Rethinking Philosophy and Theology with Deleuze: A New Cartography (Bloomsbury, 2013), True Freedom: Spinoza’s Practical Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2009) and Death and Desire in Hegel, Heidegger, and Deleuze (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).

This textbook will be terrific for undergraduate students of philosophy but also for students from other disciplines where ethics, both from the historical and practical perspective, is taught.

• GlossaryTimelineIntroduction: Three QuestionsPart I. Ethics: How Should We Live? Aristotle and Spinoza1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness3. Spinoza: The Universe and Power4. Spinoza: Emotions and FreedomPart II. Morality: How Should We Act? Kant and Mill5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest NumberPart III. Beyond: How Might We Live? Nietzsche and Levinas9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation12. Levinas: Ethics and the OtherConclusion: Beyond BeyondSuggestions for Further ReadingBibliographyIndex