Ethics A-Z
Published on 26. July 2005
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-7486-2196-5 (ISBN)
Description
Jacobs introduces the issues, language, concepts and positions central to ethical theorizing. Entries range from antiquity to the present and basic to advance. Cross-referencing allows readers to explore topics in depth. Items explain complex issues of normative ethics, metaethics and moral psychology in non-technical language.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-2196-5 (9780748621965)
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Person
Jonathan Jacobs is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institure for Criminal Justice Ethics at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York. He is the author of Aristotle's Virtues: Nature, Knowledge, and Human Good (Lang, 2003), Dimensions of Moral Theory (Blackwell, 2002), Choosing Character: Responsibility for Virtue and Vice (Cornell University Press, 2001).
Content
Series Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgements Introduction A-Z Entries Bibliography