Moral Values in the Ancient World

Moral Values in the Ancient World, 1st Edition, is a book by John Ferguson that studies the ancient world's pilgrimage in its search for moral truth. The volume explores early societal standards and evaluates ethical concepts across classical antiquity.

Opening with an analysis of Homeric society and subsequent aristocracies, the study examines the moral ideas of the Greek, Roman, and Hebrew worlds. Key topics include the cardinal virtues, the role of friendship, and civic concord through homonoia.

The work also addresses the moral insights of the Jewish prophets alongside philosophical concepts such as philanthropia and the emergence of Christian love through agape.