240 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

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

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Piers Benn

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

An admirable introductory ethics textbook. - Philosophical Books