| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) |
| Contents |
Practical and normative ethics -- Utilitarianism -- Egoism and contractualism -- Deontological ethics -- Moral rights -- Virtue ethics -- Feminist ethics -- Environmental ethics -- What are we to believe? |
| Summary |
How can we find true or reasonable moral principles to live our everyday lives by? TorbjÃœrn TÃÞnnsjÃœ presents 7 radically different moral theories, each of which attempts to provide the ultimate answer to the question of what we ought to do and why. He carefully describes each theory, showing how it works in practice, critically assessing it and putting it into its historical perspective. Key features. Covers 7 moral theories: utilitarianism, egoism, deontological ethics, the ethics of rights, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, environmental or ecological ethics Shows how each theory works in practice using the well-known 'trolley problem' thought experiment Looks at the influence of neuroscience and psychology on the formation of our moral intuitions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Normativity (Ethics)
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Utilitarianism.
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Ethics.
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utilitarianism.
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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Ethics
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Normativity (Ethics)
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Utilitarianism
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Etik.
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Normativ etik.
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Utilitarism.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013412447 |
| ISBN |
9780748682263 |
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0748682260 |
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129970154X |
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9781299701540 |
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9780748682270 |
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0748682279 |
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