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Ethics : discovering right and wrong / Louis P. Pojman, James Fieser.

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Summary
From the Publisher: Study ethics from one of the classic texts, written by one of contemporary philosophy's most skilled teachers, Louis P. Pojman, and now revised by best-selling
author and editor of the INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY, James Fieser. ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG, Sixth Edition, provides you with a concise yet
comprehensive overview of the fundamental objectives and outlooks of ethical theory. Written in a conversational manner with strong learning aids and numerous classical and
contemporary examples, this book teaches you how to develop your own moral theories and competently reason through ethical problems for yourself. The text even-handedly
raises critical questions with its non-dogmatic style and generous presentation of various positions. This edition offers more feminist as well as multicultural ethical per...Show more

Content notes
Preface -- 1: What is ethics? -- Ethics and its subdivisions -- Morality as compared with other normative subjects -- Traits of moral principles -- Domains of ethical assessment --
Conclusion -- For further reflection -- For further reading -- 2: Ethical relativism -- Subjective ethical relativism -- Conventional ethical relativism -- Criticisms of conventional ethical
relativism -- Conclusion -- For further reflection -- For further reading -- 3: Moral objectivism -- Aquinas' objectivism and absolutism -- Moderate objectivism -- Ethical situationalism
-- Conclusion -- For further reflection -- For further reading -- 4: Value and the quest for the good -- Intrinsic and instrumental value -- Value of pleasure -- Are values objective or
subjective? -- Relation of value to morality -- Good life -- Conclusion -- For further reflection -- For further reading -- 5: Social contract theory and the motive to be moral -...Show more

Bibliographic notes
Includes bibliographical references and index

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Call Number

BJ1012 .P75

Publisher

Belmont, CA. : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning., 2009

Physical Description

xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0495502359

Edition

6th Ed.

Subject(s)

Ethics

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