ABSTRACT

This introduction to ethics judiciously combines moral theory with applied ethics to give an opportunity for students to develop acute thinking About Ethical Matters.; The Author Begins Motivating A Concern For moral discourse by dispelling often met objections over relativism and subjectivity. interweaving normative and meta-ethical considerations, a convincing modern account of moral thinking emerges.; Moral theories - consequentialism, Kantianism, contractualism - are explained and illustrated in a way that holds the reader's attention, and students of ethics will take away a perceptive and practical understanding of the nature of moral reasoning and an ability, on such matters, to think afresh for themselves.

chapter Chapter 1|29 pages

Authority and Relativism

chapter Chapter 2|28 pages

The objectivity of morality

chapter Chapter 3|31 pages

Consequentialism

chapter Chapter 4|21 pages

Kant's ethics

chapter Chapter 5|23 pages

Contractualism

chapter Chapter 6|21 pages

Free will and the moral emotions

chapter Chapter 7|26 pages

Virtue

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

Reasoning about ethics