UID:
almafu_9959231446602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786612631603
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9780511740695
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9780511847264
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0511847262
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9781107209473
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1107209471
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9781282631601
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1282631608
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9780511750519
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051175051X
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9780511749025
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0511749023
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9780511743221
,
051174322X
,
9780511749773
,
0511749775
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9780511742156
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0511742150
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9780511744303
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0511744307
Serie:
Cambridge introductions to philosophy
Inhalt:
This book examines the central questions of ethics through a study of theories of right and wrong that are found in the great ethical works of Western philosophy. It focuses on theories that continue to have a significant presence in the field. The core chapters cover egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant's moral theory, and existentialist ethics. Readers will be introduced not only to the main ideas of each theory but to contemporary developments and defenses of those ideas. A final chapter takes up topics in meta-ethics and moral psychology. The discussions throughout draw the reader into philosophical inquiry through argument and criticism that illuminate the profundity of the questions under examination. Students will find this book to be a very helpful guide to how philosophical inquiry is undertaken as well as to what the major theories in ethics hold.
Anmerkung:
Includes index.
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What is ethics -- Egoism -- Eudaimonism -- Utilitarianism -- The moral law -- The ethics of self-determination -- Practical reason.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521775977
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0521775973
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521772464
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 052177246X
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Philosophie
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750519
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