Julia Driver (USA Dartmouth College)

Ethics

The Fundamentals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics. The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series.

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Produktdetails

• Fundamentals of Philosophy
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9781405111546
• ISBN-10: 1405111542
• Artikelnr.: 21647461

Autorenporträt

Julia Driver is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. She is author of Uneasy Virtue (2001) as well as numerous articles in journals, including The Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, and Noûs.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. The Challenge to Moral Universalism.

2. God and Human Nature.

3. Classical Utilitarianism.

4. Contemporary Consequentialism.

5. Kantian Ethics.

6. Social Contract Theory.

7. Intuitionism.

8. Virtue Ethics.

9. Feminist Ethics.

10. Moral Nihilism.

Index

Rezensionen

"Julia Driver's admirably clear and concise account ofthe fundamentals of ethics will serve as an excellent text forintroductory courses and beyond, as well as being a good place forthe interested lay person to start. She discusses the majorquestions thoroughly and insightfully, with reference to historicaland contemporary works, and uses vivid and entertainingexamples." Elinor Mason, University of Edinburgh

"An outstanding and highly useful contribution.Driver's introduction to ethics is more responsive to thecontemporary philosophical scene than any other that I knowof." Michael Slote, University of Miami

"Driver's introductory textbook discusses thetheories that should be discussed, and does so in an engaging andfair-minded way. The book is not only clear enough for studentsconfronting moral philosophy for the first time but alsopenetrating enough for more advanced students." BradHooker, University of Reading