Ethics
The Fundamentals
Published on 20. May 2013
192 pages
978-1-118-69727-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and argumentsin moral theory by introducing students to different philosophicalapproaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics,divine command theory, and feminist ethics.
* * The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophyseries.
* Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussionof key moral philosophers and their ideas.
* Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to thesubject of ethics for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
"Julia Driver's admirably clear and concise account ofthe fundamentals of ethics will serve as an excellent text forintroductory courses and beyond, as well as being a good place forthe interested lay person to start. She discusses the majorquestions thoroughly and insightfully, with reference to historicaland contemporary works, and uses vivid and entertainingexamples." Elinor Mason, University of Edinburgh "An outstanding and highly useful contribution.Driver's introduction to ethics is more responsive to thecontemporary philosophical scene than any other that I knowof." Michael Slote, University of Miami "Driver's introductory textbook discusses thetheories that should be discussed, and does so in an engaging andfair-minded way. The book is not only clear enough for studentsconfronting moral philosophy for the first time but alsopenetrating enough for more advanced students." BradHooker, University of ReadingMore details
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Person
Julia Driver is Professor of Philosophy at DartmouthCollege. She is author of Uneasy Virtue (2001) as well asnumerous articles in journals, including The Journal ofPhilosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, andNoûs.
Content
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. The Challenge to Moral Universalism.
2. God and Human Nature.
3. Classical Utilitarianism.
4. Contemporary Consequentialism.
5. Kantian Ethics.
6. Social Contract Theory.
7. Intuitionism.
8. Virtue Ethics.
9. Feminist Ethics.
10. Moral Nihilism.
Index
