Ethics The Fundamentals

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: Julia (Dartmouth College Driver, Driver Julia, Julia Driver, J Driver
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 18.08.2006
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781405111546
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-1154-6
• Pages: 192
• Series: Fundamentals of Philosophy; Fundamentals of Philosophy S.; Fundamentals of Philosophy (Pa; Fundamentals of Philosophy; Fundamentals of Philosophy (Pa
• Subjects: Moral, Action, first, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Students, Fundamentals, one, Divine, thoughtful, Ethics & moral philosophy, Place, Key, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophers, Right, Questions, Discussion, Thing, Introducing, actions, wrong, certain, explores, blackwells, different philosophical approaches, moral laws