The first ethical precepts must have been passed down by word of mouth from parents and elders, but as societies learned to use the written word, they began to set down their ethical beliefs. These records constitute the first historical evidence of the origins of ethics. The earliest surviving writings that might be taken as ethics textbooks are a series of lists of precepts to be learned by boys of the ruling class of Egypt, prepared ... (100 of 43,721 words)The history of Western ethics
Ancient civilizations to the end of the 19th century
The ancient Middle East and Asia
The Middle East
Ethics
Alternate title:
moral philosophy