Introducing Ethics

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A Beginner's Guide Through Six Major Thinkers

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

419 kr

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Introducing Ethics guides us through the history of Western ethics, starting with Socrates’s effort to use reason for questions about what it means to be a good person and what we should do. We then explore three major moral theories—John Stuart Mill’s utilitarianism, Immanuel Kant’s deontology, and Aristotle’s character ethics—as if they were a large-scale Socratic dialogue, where each raises objections and builds on the others. We conclude with two twentieth-century challenges to Socrates’s approach: Carol Gilligan’s feminism and Jean

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-23
Mått139 x 215 x undefined mm
Vikt200 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagHackett Publishing Co, Inc
ISBN9781647922719

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“Lee Braver’s Introducing Ethics is a fantastic introduction to the field. Braver examines some of the most influential pictures of morality that we have inherited from the history of philosophy. In doing so, he highlights the strengths and weaknesses of those moral pictures, leaving the reader to decide for themselves what they think constitutes a good life. Introducing Ethics will be an invaluable resource to students, first-time teachers of ethics, and anyone interested in learning about the nature of morality and human flourishing.”—Benjamin Berger, University of Hartford