Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. The book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories (egoism, utilitarianism, etc.) and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment, etc.).
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Published: 31 October 2003
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780195168730 ISBN 10: 0195168739
- Sales rank: 240,115
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Full description for Whatever Happened to Good and Evil?
This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. This book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment and so forth). Instead this book focuses on whether our ethical views on such matters can themselves be true or false, and, if so, whether their truth lies in personal or cultural opinion, or some objective, independent standard. With many examples, and an emphasis on argumentative clarity, this book is ideal for introductory ethics and philosophy courses and the interested general reader.
