The Puzzle of Ethics
Fount (Verlag)
978-0-00-627701-9 (ISBN)
- Titel erscheint in neuer Auflage
- Artikel merken
This accompanying volume to "The Puzzle of God" and "The Puzzle of Evil" provides an introduction to ethical issues and to the main areas of ethical concern today. It is divided into three section: "Puzzling over ethics" which examines the philosophical problems to be tackled; "Philosophers and ethical theories", and "Issues and problems", among which are abortion, euthanasia, medical ethics, "-isms", just war, Third World debt and international trade, environmental ethics and human rights.
Peter Vardy is lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at London University’s Heythrop College. Apart from the widely successful ‘Puzzle’ series, he is also author of ‘And If It’s True?’ and ‘Business Morality’. He is editor of the‘Fount Christian Thinkers’ series, the first six of which were published last year.
Part 1 Theoretical ethics: truth in ethics; Plato and virtue as knowledge; Aristotle and virtue theory; Aquinas and natural law; Kant and the moral law; Bentham and Mill - utilitarianism; post-utilitarian perspectives - intuitionism and emotivism; MacIntyre - virtue theory revisited; Buddhist ethics; Christian approaches. Part 2 Applied ethics: situation ethics; justice and morality - Rawls and Nozick; abortion and personhood; euthanasia and medical ethics; just war; human rights; animal rights; environmental ethics; conclusion.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.7.1996 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 167 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-627701-2 / 0006277012 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-627701-9 / 9780006277019 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
