Understanding Ethics

Name: Understanding Ethics
Brand: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780748682249
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An Introduction to Moral Theory

Автор: Torbjorn Tannsjo

Език:

Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

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This is an introduction to moral theory for new students of ethics. How can we find true or reasonab...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Torbjorn Tannsjo

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2013

страници

152

EAN

9780748682249

ISBN

0748682244

Enbook ID

04674818

Издател

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Теглоt

328

Размери

223 x 143 x 15

Пълно описание

This is an introduction to moral theory for new students of ethics. How can we find true or reasonable moral principles to live our everyday lives by? Torbjorn Tannsjo 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. Tannsjo carefully describes each theory, showing how it works in practice, critically assessing it and putting it into its historical perspective. It covers 7 moral theories: utilitarianism, egoism, deontological ethics, the ethics of rights, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, environmental or ecological ethics. It shows how each theory works in practice using the famous 'trolley' thought experiment. It looks at the influence of neuroscience and psychology on the formation of our moral intuitions. New For This Edition: a new section on population ethics has been added to the chapter on utilitarianism; discusses the impact of recent findings in social psychology on virtue ethics; and new, clearer applications of the trolley cases.

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