Understanding Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Theory - Couverture souple

Tännsjö, Torbjörn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0748636900 ISBN 13 : 9780748636907

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This non-technical introduction to ethics explores how we find true or reasonable moral principles which we can apply to concerns and issues in our everyday lives. Torbjorn Tannsjo presents the reader with seven radically different basic moral theories, each of which attempts to provide an ultimate answer to the question of what we ought to do and why. Tannsjo carefully describes each theory, assessing it critically and putting it into historical perspective. The theories covered are: utilitarianism, egoism, deontological ethics, the ethics of rights, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, environmental or ecological ethics. In this second edition: *all arguments are reviewed and clarified throughout *theories examined are now illustrated with the famous 'trolley' cases *a new final chapter addresses the influence of neuroscience and psychology on the formation of our moral intuitions.

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À propos de l'auteur

Torbjörn Tännsjö is Kristian Claëson Emeritus Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University. He is the author of several books including Hedonistic Utilitarianism (EUP, 1998), Taking Life. Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing (OUP, 2015), Setting Health-Care Priorities (OUP, 2019) , and From Despotism to Democracy (Springer, 2023).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748636900
• ISBN 13: 9780748636907
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 160
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