Ethics

A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to ethical theory which allows students to get to grips with debates in moral philosophy.

Zusatztext Ambitiously offers at once an introduction to ethics and a substantive argument! an attractive alternative to standardly 'neutral' textbook approaches. - Philosophical QuarterlyAn admirable introductory ethics textbook. - Philosophical Books Informationen zum Autor Piers Benn Klappentext This introduction to ethics judiciously combines moral theory with applied ethics to give an opportunity for students to develop acute thinking About Ethical Matters.; The Author Begins Motivating A Concern For moral discourse by dispelling often met objections over relativism and subjectivity. interweaving normative and meta-ethical considerations, a convincing modern account of moral thinking emerges.; Moral theories - consequentialism, Kantianism, contractualism - are explained and illustrated in a way that holds the reader's attention, and students of ethics will take away a perceptive and practical understanding of the nature of moral reasoning and an ability, on such matters, to think afresh for themselves. Zusammenfassung A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to ethical theory which allows students to get to grips with debates in moral philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Moral authority and moral relativism; the objectivity of morality; consequentialism; Kantianism; contractualism; moral phenomena; reasoning about ethics.

Ambitiously offers at once an introduction to ethics and a substantive argument, an attractive alternative to standardly 'neutral' textbook approaches. - Philosophical QuarterlyAn admirable introductory ethics textbook. - Philosophical Books

Autorentext

Piers Benn

Klappentext

This introduction to ethics judiciously combines moral theory with applied ethics to give an opportunity for students to develop acute thinking About Ethical Matters.; The Author Begins Motivating A Concern For moral discourse by dispelling often met objections over relativism and subjectivity. interweaving normative and meta-ethical considerations, a convincing modern account of moral thinking emerges.; Moral theories - consequentialism, Kantianism, contractualism - are explained and illustrated in a way that holds the reader's attention, and students of ethics will take away a perceptive and practical understanding of the nature of moral reasoning and an ability, on such matters, to think afresh for themselves.

Inhalt
Moral authority and moral relativism; the objectivity of morality; consequentialism; Kantianism; contractualism; moral phenomena; reasoning about ethics.