Ethical Choices: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy With Cases - Brossura

Burnor, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0190074442 ISBN 13: 9780190074449

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2021

Riassunto

Ideal for students with little or no background in philosophy, Ethical Choices: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy with Cases provides a concise, balanced, and highly accessible introduction to ethics. Featuring an especially lucid and engaging writing style, the text surveys a wide range of ethical theories and perspectives including consequentialist ethics, deontological ethics, natural and virtue ethics, the ethics of care, and ethics and religion.

Each chapter of Ethical Choices also includes compelling case studies that are carefully matched with the theoretical material. Many of these cases address issues that students can relate directly to their own lives: the drinking age, student credit card debt, zero tolerance policies, grade inflation, and video games. Other cases discuss current topics like living wills, obesity, human trafficking, torture "lite," universal health care, and just-war theory. The cases provide students with practice in addressing real-life moral choices, as well as opportunities to evaluate the usefulness and applicability of each ethical theory. Every case study concludes with a set of Thought Questions to guide students as they reflect upon the issues raised by that case.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Burnor is Professor of Philosophy at Felician College. Dr. Burnor has published articles in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, and teaching philosophy. Yvonne Raley was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Felician College.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0190074442
• ISBN 13: 9780190074449
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia