Fundamentals of Ethics

by John Finnis

Book Overview

Are we entitled to be confident that our moral judgements can be objective? Can they express insights into aspects of reality, rather than mere feelings, tastes, desires, decisions, upbringing, or conventions? Why must we consider some of our choices to be free, and how do our free choices matter? How far should our moral judgements be based on assessments of expected consequences? Can utilitarianism, and other consequentialist or proportionalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878404082
• ISBN13: 9780878404087
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"