Being good intro to ethics

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This is a very short introduction to ethics. It divides into three parts: first, introducing and discussing reasons for skepticism about ethics; second introducing themes of birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom to show how deeply our lives are interwoven with ethics; third, introducing attempts to found ethics, due to Aristotle, Kant, and the contractarian tradition.



It is not only in our dark hours that scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism dog ethics. Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, or sticking to duty, or insisting on our rights, we can be confused, or be paralysed by the fear that our principles are groundless. Many are afraid that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think, structures this short introduction around these and other threats to ethics. Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us. Then, turning to problems of life and death, he shows how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the sound-bite sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates. Finally he offers a critical tour of the ways the philosophical tradition has tried to provide foundations for ethics, from Plato and Aristotle through to contemporary debates.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 14 maart 2002

Aantal pagina's: 176

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Simon Blackburn

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Editie: 2 Rev ed

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 118 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 171 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 106 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 11 mm

Verpakking lengte: 169 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 164 g

EAN: 9780192853776

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