Driver Ethics

The Fundamentals
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-69727-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Fundamentals of Philosophy

Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and argumentsin moral theory by introducing students to different philosophicalapproaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics,divine command theory, and feminist ethics.
* * The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophyseries.
* Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussionof key moral philosophers and their ideas.
* Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to thesubject of ethics for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Driver, Julia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Julia Driver is Professor of Philosophy at DartmouthCollege. She is author of Uneasy Virtue (2001) as well asnumerous articles in journals, including The Journal ofPhilosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, andNoûs.