Works whose central subject is right action, virtue and the moral life, including the foundational statement of a moral framework's own reasoning. Belongs here: treatises and canonical collections on virtue, duty and the examined life. Does not belong here: works whose central subject is metaphysics or political order even where moral conclusions follow from them.
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1. Ethics (Wikipedia)
WikipediaEthics, 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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