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Beschreibung

Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics.

  • The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series.
  • Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas.
  • Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to the subject of ethics for the first time.

Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics.

  • The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series.
  • Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas.
  • Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to the subject of ethics for the first time.
Über den Autor
Julia Driver is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. She is author of Uneasy Virtue (2001) as well as numerous articles in journals, including The Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, and Noûs.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. The Challenge to Moral Universalism.

2. God and Human Nature.

3. Classical Utilitarianism.

4. Contemporary Consequentialism.

5. Kantian Ethics.

6. Social Contract Theory.

7. Intuitionism.

8. Virtue Ethics.

9. Feminist Ethics.

10. Moral Nihilism.

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781405111546
ISBN-10: 1405111542
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Driver, Julia
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 236 x 154 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Julia Driver
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.08.2006
Gewicht: 0,3 kg
Artikel-ID: 102278979

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