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9781405111553

Ethics The Fundamentals

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    9781405111553

  • ISBN10:

    1405111550

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-08-11
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

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. Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas. Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to the subject of ethics for the first time.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1(169)
1 The Challenge to Moral Universalism
11(11)
2 God and Human Nature
22(18)
3 Classic al Utilitarianism
40(21)
4 Contemporary Consequentialism
61(19)
5 Kantian Ethics
80(22)
6 Social Contract Theory
102(19)
7 Intuitionism
121(15)
8 Virtue Ethics
136(18)
9 Feminist Ethics
154(16)
10 Moral Nihilism 170(10)
Index 180

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