Anthony Weston (Professor, Professor, Elon University)

A Practical Companion to Ethics

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 5 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 139mm x 209mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 188g
• ISBN-13: 9780190090401
• ISBN-10: 0190090405
• Artikelnr.: 69185830

Autorenporträt

Anthony Weston is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Elon University. He is the author of A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox, Fourth Edition (OUP, 2017), Mobilizing the Green Imagination: An Exuberant Manifesto (2012), and dozens of other books and articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
CHAPTER 1. Who Needs Ethics?
Flying by Instinct
Dogmatists and Rationalizers
Ethics and Diversity
For Practice
CHAPTER 2. Thinking for Yourself
Beyond Moral Rules
Beyond the Law
Beyond Commandments
For Practice
CHAPTER 3. An Eye for Moral Values
Families of Moral Values
Using the Families of Moral Values
Ethical Theories
For Practice
CHAPTER 4. When Values Clash
Right versus Right
Balancing and Integrating Values
Moral Vision
For Practice
CHAPTER 5. Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics 6
Creativity's Promise in Ethics
How to Expand Possibilities
Reframing Ethical Problems
For Practice
CHAPTER 6. Making a Difference
Changing Our Lives
Changing the World
Changing Ethics
For Practice
Eight Tips for Effective Writing in Ethics
Notes and Sources
Index