Description |
xii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Sect I The study of ethics 1. Ethics: an overview -- 2. Moral reasoning -- Sect II Ethical relativism 3. Ethical subjectivism: morality is just a matter of personal feeling -- 4. Cultural relativism: is morality dependent on culture? -- Sect III Beyond ethical relativism 5. Is morality grounded in religion? -- 6. Conscience and moral development -- Sect IV Morality as universal 7. Ethical egoism: morality is acting in our best self-interest -- 8. Utilitarianism: the greatest happiness principle -- 9. Deontology: the ethics of duty -- 10. Rights ethics -- 11. Virtue ethics and the good life -- Afterword Applying moral theory in real life |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Ethics -- Textbooks.
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Ethics.
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Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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LC no. |
2009054190 |
ISBN |
9780073407531 (alk. paper) |
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(alk. paper) |
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