Problem-Based Ethics - A New Approach to the Application of Moral Theory

This book is a scholarly synthesis of the current state-of-play in ethics, with a focus on normative and applied ethics. Kahn asks readers to consider even the most contentious of topics like abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia, from their most basic questions.

About the author

Samuel J. M. Kahn is professor and chair of the department of philosophy at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He is author of Kant's Theory of Conscience and Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness.

Summary

This book is a scholarly synthesis of the current state-of-play in ethics, with a focus on normative and applied ethics. Kahn asks readers to consider even the most contentious of topics like abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia, from their most basic questions.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Kahn, Kahn Samuel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2024
• EAN: 9781538195253
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9525-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy