The Retrieval of Ethics

The Retrieval of Ethics
Author	Talbot Brewer
Language	English
Subject	ethics
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	2009
Pages	344
ISBN	9780199557882

The Retrieval of Ethics is a 2009 book by Talbot Brewer in which the author tries to re-examine the history of ethics from ancient Greek philosophy to the present and “retrieve” the strengths of the Ancients in order to provide a radical reconception of moral philosophy and its role in life.

Reception

Brewer's ideas have been criticized by different scholars including Lorraine Besser-Jones, Bradford Cokelet, Christopher Cordner, Mark LeBar and Tamar Schapiro.

References

↑ LeBar, Mark (1 July 2012). "Talbot Brewer, The Retrieval of Ethics". Ethics. 122 (4): 797–801. doi:10.1086/666535. ISSN 0014-1704.
↑ Cokelet, Bradford (2011). "Review of The Retrieval of Ethics". Analysis. 71 (1): 193–195. doi:10.1093/analys/anq098. ISSN 0003-2638. JSTOR 41237296.
↑ Schapiro, Tamar (8 December 2009). "The Retrieval of Ethics". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
↑ Besser-Jones, Lorraine (1 January 2011). "Drawn to the Good? Brewer on Dialectical Activity". Journal of Moral Philosophy. 8 (4): 621–631. doi:10.1163/174552411X592194. S2CID 144290108.
↑ Cordner, Christopher (April 2016). "Dialectical Activity, Ritual, and Value: A Critique of Talbot Brewer: Philosophical Investigations". Philosophical Investigations. 39 (2): 178–191. doi:10.1111/phin.12080.

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[1] LeBar, Mark (1 July 2012). "Talbot Brewer, The Retrieval of Ethics". Ethics. 122 (4): 797–801. doi:10.1086/666535. ISSN 0014-1704.

[2] Cokelet, Bradford (2011). "Review of The Retrieval of Ethics". Analysis. 71 (1): 193–195. doi:10.1093/analys/anq098. ISSN 0003-2638. JSTOR 41237296.

[3] Schapiro, Tamar (8 December 2009). "The Retrieval of Ethics". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

[4] Besser-Jones, Lorraine (1 January 2011). "Drawn to the Good? Brewer on Dialectical Activity". Journal of Moral Philosophy. 8 (4): 621–631. doi:10.1163/174552411X592194. S2CID 144290108.

[5] Cordner, Christopher (April 2016). "Dialectical Activity, Ritual, and Value: A Critique of Talbot Brewer: Philosophical Investigations". Philosophical Investigations. 39 (2): 178–191. doi:10.1111/phin.12080.