This Is Ethics: An Introduction

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John Wiley & Sons, 10 Ιουν 2014 - 326 σελίδες

This is Ethics presents an accessible and engaging introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary moral philosophy.

  • Covers a wide range of topics which are actively debated in contemporary moral philosophy
  • Addresses the nature of happiness, well-being, and the meaning of life, the role of moral principles in moral thinking, moral motivation, and moral responsibility
  • Covers timely ethical issues such as population growth and climate change
  • Offers additional resources at https://thisisphilosoph.wordpress.com/ethics/
  • Features extensive annotated bibliographies, summaries, and study questions for further investigation
  • Written in an accessible, jargon-free manner using helpful illustrative examples
 

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Title page
Pleasure
List of Tables
Egoism and Altruism
Intuitionism Particularism and Virtue Ethics
List of Illustrations
Subjectivism Relativism and Divine Commands
Moral Realism
Moral Motivation and Expressivism
Moral Responsibility
Population Growth and Climate Change
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Σχετικά με τον συγγραφέα (2014)

Jussi Suikkanen is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has contributed numerous articles on metaethics and normative ethics in journals such as The Philosophical Quarterly, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, and Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

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ΤίτλοςThis Is Ethics: An Introduction
This is Philosophy
ΣυγγραφέαςJussi Suikkanen
Έκδοσηεπισημειωμένη
ΕκδότηςJohn Wiley & Sons, 2014
ISBN111847984X, 9781118479841
Μέγεθος326 σελίδες
  
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