The Routledge Companion to Ethics 1st Edition

Book Name: The Routledge Companion to Ethics 1st Edition (Routledge Philosophy Companions)
Author: John Skorupski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN-10: 0-203-85070-X,9780415415163
Year: 2010
Pages: 877
Language: English
File size: 6 MB
File format: PDF

The Routledge Companion to Ethics 1st Edition (Routledge Philosophy Companions) Pdf Book Description:

The Routledge Companion to Ethics is a superb survey of the entire area of integrity by a distinguished global group of contributors. More than 60 chapters are broken up into six clear segments: the foundation of integrity meta-ethics viewpoints from external ethics ethical viewpoints morality arguments in ethics. The organization opens with a thorough historical overview of integrity, such as chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant, and moral thinking in China, India and the Arabic heritage. The next part covers the domain name of meta-ethics. The fourth and fifth segments cover equal notions of ethics and the nature of morality respectively, together with entrances on consequentialism, Kantian morality, virtue ethics, relativism, wicked, and obligation amongst others. A thorough final segment involves the most crucial issues and controversies in applied ethics, like justice, rights and supply, the ending of life, the environment, poverty, terrorism and war. The Routledge Companion to Ethics is a great resource for everyone interested in the topic, whether in philosophy or related areas such as politics, education, or lawenforcement. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, together with useful further reading sections at the conclusion of every chapter, it’s great for all those coming to the area of integrity for the very first time in addition to readers already knowledgeable about the subject.