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An Introduction to Ethics

By John Deigh

An Introduction to Ethics

By John Deigh

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This book examines the central questions of ethics through a study of theories of right and wrong that are found in the great ethical works of Western philosophy. It focuses on theories that continue to have a significant presence in the field. The core chapters cover egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant's moral theory, and existentialist ethics. Readers will be introduced not only to the main ideas of each theory but to contemporary developments and defenses of those ideas. A final chapter takes up topics in meta-ethics and moral psychology. The discussions throughout draw the reader into philosophical inquiry through argument and criticism that illuminate the profundity of the questions under examination. Students will find this book to be a very helpful guide to how philosophical inquiry is undertaken as well as to what the major theories in ethics hold.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
254
Release Date:
2010-03-04
Publication Date:
2010-04-12
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0521775973
ISBN13:
9780521775977
Weight:
445 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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