Ethics : discovering right and wrong
Pojman, Louis P.
Ethics : discovering right and wrong Louis P. Pojman, Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point, James Fieser, University of Tennessee, Martin. - Eighth edition - Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2017] - x, 261 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is ethics? -- Ethical relativism -- Moral objectivism -- Value and the quest for the good -- Social contract theory and the motive to be moral -- Egoism, self-interest, and altruism -- Utilitarianism -- Kant and deontological theories -- Virtue theory -- Biology and ethics -- Gender and ethics -- Religion and ethics -- The fact-value problem -- Moral realism and the challenge of skepticism.
This book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the fundamental objectives and outlooks of ethical theory--
9781305584556 (pbk.) 1305584554 (pbk.)
Ethics.
BJ 1012 / .P756 2017
Ethics : discovering right and wrong Louis P. Pojman, Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point, James Fieser, University of Tennessee, Martin. - Eighth edition - Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2017] - x, 261 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is ethics? -- Ethical relativism -- Moral objectivism -- Value and the quest for the good -- Social contract theory and the motive to be moral -- Egoism, self-interest, and altruism -- Utilitarianism -- Kant and deontological theories -- Virtue theory -- Biology and ethics -- Gender and ethics -- Religion and ethics -- The fact-value problem -- Moral realism and the challenge of skepticism.
This book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the fundamental objectives and outlooks of ethical theory--
9781305584556 (pbk.) 1305584554 (pbk.)
Ethics.
BJ 1012 / .P756 2017
