Introduction to Ethics
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The issues involved in this article are mainly concentrated on the origins of ethics or Moral ethics as an indepent science It has been said that this area of science was founded by Greek Philosophers after a great crisis and debates between such thinkers as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle on one side and study of other cuitures and moral traditions, especially the Chinese and Hindu traditions, it will be clear that similar crisese and dabates have occurred in other traditions, so we cannot regard this area of science as an exclusive feature of the Greek tradition, although it cannot be denied that in this tradition there are issues that have not been discussed in other traditions. Key words: ethics, maral traditions, Greek maral tradition, Chinese maral tradition, Hindu maral tradition, Egyptian moral tradition.
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volume 1 issue 2
pages 25- 38
publication date 2005-12
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