Ethics: A Beginner's Guide - Couverture souple

Cave, Peter

 
9781780745763: Ethics: A Beginner's Guide
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1780745761 ISBN 13 : 9781780745763
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Should we aim to maximize happiness? Are there characteristics that we should foster within ourselves? Why is it important to act morally? From the ancient Greeks to Sartre, from utilitarianism to the categorical imperative, Ethics: A Beginner’s Guide presents this vital topic of philosophy via its most influential thinkers and theories.

With characteristic wit, philosopher Peter Cave steers us around well known and not-so-well known ethical traps – in the private sphere, in community life, and in relation to God and religion.

As well as a guide to ongoing theoretical debates, Cave shows how the discipline helps us to confront topical controversies including those of the environment, abortion, and animal welfare. For anyone who questions how we ought to live, there is no better introduction to ethics and how it relates to twenty-first-century society.

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À propos de l?auteur

Writer and broadcaster Peter Cave teaches philosophy for The Open University and City University London. Author of the bestselling Can A Robot Be Human?, he chairs the Humanist Philosophers’ Group, frequently contributes to philosophy journals and magazines, from the academic to the popular, and has presented several philosophy programmes for the BBC. He lives in London.

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1780745761
ISBN 13 
9781780745763
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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