Plato''s Moral Realism ISBN: 9780813219844 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The Catholic University of America Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Ethics Ancient.;
Surveying many of Plato's dialogues from the early, middle, and late periods, prominent philosopher John M. Rist shows how Plato gradually came to realize the need for metaphysics to support his ethical position and that a rigorous ethics required a secure metaphysics grounded in universal values.