Applied Ethics

An Introduction

AvRobin Attfield

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Philosophy has provided us with a wealth of moral and ethical theories. Applied ethics is the study of practical moral issues and our best philosophical theories, and how each can inform the other.Acclaimed philosopher and textbook author Robin Attfield invites students to reflect on the key problems of our time. Through lively case studies of topics related to health care, international development, the environment, abortion, punishment and more, he reveals how standard ethical theories can be tested on these real-life scenarios and, if necessary, revised or discarded. Students are encouraged to be their own philosophers, exploring and reaching coherent stances across a wide range of areas of everyday concern.Covering a typical applied ethics syllabus in a comprehensive and accessible manner, Applied Ethics will motivate philosophy students to engage with the most pressing moral issues of the twenty-first century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-07
Mått:158 x 231 x 23 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781509547371

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Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Robin Attfield is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University.

Recensioner i media

“An outstanding book: comprehensive, systematic, and clear, covering enormous territory. It will be highly successful in courses, as well as with general readers looking for a guide to applied ethics. Attfield is a true, even awesome contributor to the field.”Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College“This clear, scholarly, and engaging book, by a long-standing and internationally eminent contributor to the subject, is the perfect introduction to applied ethics for students. Those already working in the area at any level will also learn much from it.”Roger Crisp, University of Oxford

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements 1 The History and Revival of Applied Ethics2 Sketches of Some Ethical Theories3 Inter-Generational Ethics4 Inter-Species Ethics5 Biomedical Ethics6 Development Ethics and Population Ethics7 Environmental Ethics and Climate Ethics8 Punishment, Recompense and Capital Punishment9 The Ethics of War and Peace10 Applied Ethics and Ethical Theory ReferencesIndex

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