| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge introductions to philosophy
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Cambridge introductions to philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. What is ethics? -- 2. Egoism -- 3. Eudaimonism -- 4. Utilitarianism -- 5. The moral law -- 6. The ethics of self-determination -- 7. Practical reason. |
| Summary |
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, and covers egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant's moral theory, and existentialist ethics, meta-ethics and moral psychology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Ethics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Einführung.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Deigh, John. Introduction to ethics. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521772464 (DLC) 2009050368 (OCoLC)474872404 |
| ISBN |
9780511749773 (electronic book) |
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0511749775 (electronic book) |
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9780511740695 (electronic book) |
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0511740697 (electronic book) |
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9780511742804 (electronic book) |
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0511742800 (electronic book) |
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