1st Edition

Moral Principles and Social Values

By Jennifer Trusted Copyright 1987
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987, this book discusses how matters of fact influence moral judgments and also how the judgments themselves influence facts. It demonstrates that ethics is a practical subject affecting our moral assessment of inter-personal behaviour and the conduct of public affairs. It is designed as in introduction to moral philosophy for first-year undergraduates and provides an... Read more

1. Morality Does Matter 2. Judgments 3. Fact and Value 4. Emotivism and Prescriptivism 5. Consequentialism: Happiness and Justice 6. Intuitionism 7. Conventions of Trust and Institutional Facts 8. Benevolence: Man and Beast 9. Moral Conflict and Rational Choice 10. Secondary Principles and Social Values 11. Morality and the Law 12. Morality and Rights 13. The Morality of Politics and Politicians 14. Practical Reason: Sense and Sensibility

Biography

Jennifer Trusted was Lecturer in the Department of Continuing and Adult Education, University of Exeter.