Ethics : the fundamentals / Julia Driver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Driver, Julia, 1961-

Series:

Fundamentals of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

vi, 186 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

Is there such a thing as right and wrong? If so, what makes one action right and another wrong? Are there moral laws that apply universally, or are certain actions right in one place but not another? Ethics: The Fundamentals explores these and many other related questions by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including moral relativism, virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics. Lively everyday examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas make this first volume of Blackwell 's Fundamentals of Philosophy series an important resource for readers coming to the subject for the first time.

Contents:

The challenge to moral universalism

God and human nature

Classical utilitarianism

Contemporary consequentialism

Kantian ethics

Social contract theory

Intuitionism

Virtue ethics

Feminist ethics

Moral nihilism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405111550

1405111542

OCLC:

67727835

Publisher Number:

9781405111553

9781405111546