Ethics

By Piers Benn

Book Overview

This introduction to ethics judiciously combines moral theory with applied ethics to give an opportunity for students to develop acute thinking About Ethical Matters.; The Author Begins Motivating A Concern For moral discourse by dispelling often met objections over relativism and subjectivity. interweaving normative and meta-ethical considerations, a convincing modern account of moral thinking emerges.; Moral theories - consequentialism, Kantianism, contractualism - are explained and illustrated in a way that holds the reader's attention, and students of ethics will take away a perceptive and practical understanding of the nature of moral reasoning and an ability, on such matters, to think afresh for themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857284534
• ISBN13: 9781857284539
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"