The Fundamentals of Ethics - Couverture souple

Shafer-Landau, Russ

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195320867 ISBN 13 : 9780195320862

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2009

Synopsis

In The Fundamentals of Ethics, author Russ Shafer-Landau employs a uniquely engaging writing style to introduce students to the essential ideas of moral philosophy. Offering more comprehensive coverage of the good life, normative ethics, and metaethics than any other text of its kind, this book also addresses issues that are often omitted from other texts, such as the doctrine of doing and allowing, the doctrine of double effect, ethical particularism, the desire-satisfaction theory of well-being, and moral error theory. Shafer-Landau carefully reconstructs and analyzes dozens of arguments in depth, at a level that is understandable to students with no prior philosophical background. Ideal for courses in introductory ethics and contemporary moral problems, this book can be used as a stand-alone text or with the author's companion reader, The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, which offers original readings exploring the topics covered in The Fundamentals of Ethics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Russ Shafer-Landau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195320867
• ISBN 13: 9780195320862
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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