Ethics : the fundamentals

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Title:

Author:

Driver, Julia, 1961-

ISBN:

9781405111553

9781405111546

Personal Author:

Driver, Julia, 1961-

Publication Information:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Physical Description:

vi, 186 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Fundamentals of philosophy

Series Title:

Fundamentals of philosophy

Contents:

The challenge to moral universalism -- God and human nature -- Classical utilitarianism -- Contemporary consequentialism -- Kantian ethics -- Social contract theory -- Intuitionism -- Virtue ethics -- Feminist ethics -- Moral nihilism.

Subject Term:

Ethics.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012513.html

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Summary

Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics.

The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series. Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas. Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to the subject of ethics for the first time.