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20th century
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Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak

20th century

Alasdair MacIntyre

20th century

Albert Camus

20th century

Allan Gibbard

20th century

Arne Naess

20th century

Ayn Rand

20th century

Benjamin Hale

20th century

Bernard Suits

20th century

Bernard Williams

20th century

Božena Komárková

20th century

Christine Korsgaard

20th century

Christopher Cordner

20th century

David H. M. Brooks

20th century

David Rodin

20th century

Derek Parfit

20th century

Elizabeth Anscombe

20th century

Emmanuel Levinas

20th century

Etienne Vermeersch

20th century

Evelyn Pluhar

20th century

G.E.M. Anscombe

20th century

H. J. McCloskey

20th century

Hans-Martin Sass

20th century

Harry Frankfurt

20th century

Henry David Aiken

20th century

Iris Murdoch

20th century

J.L. Mackie

20th century

Jean-Godefroy Bidima

20th century

John Corvino

20th century

Joseph Agbakoba

20th century

Judith Jarvis Thomson

20th century

Karl Britton

20th century

Martha Nussbaum

20th century

Mpho Tshivhase

20th century

Neera K. Badhwar

20th century

Nel Noddings

20th century

Onora O'Neill

20th century

Paul J. Olscamp

20th century

Per Bauhn

20th century

Peter Railton

20th century

Peter Singer

20th century

Philippa Foot

20th century

R.M. Hare

20th century

Reidar Lie

20th century

Richard Joyce

20th century

Risieri Frondizi

20th century

Samantha Vice

20th century

Sarah Hoagland

20th century

Sharon Street

20th century

Simon Blackburn

20th century

Simon May

20th century

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1. Ethics (Wikipedia)
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  • Ethics, lead section, Greek contributors sentence
    This period saw the emergence of ethical teachings associated with Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and contributions of philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle.
  • Ethics, lead section, ancient regions sentence
    The history of ethics started in the ancient period with the development of ethical principles and theories in ancient Egypt, India, China, and Greece.
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