Being good: a short introduction to ethics / Simon Blackburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackburn, Simon, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is not only in our dark hours that scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and. nihilism dog ethics. Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, or sticking to. duty, or insisting on our rights, we can be confused, or be paralysed by the fear. that our principles are groundless. Many are afraid that in a Godless world science. has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or. competitive and aggressive. Simon Blackburn, author of the best-sellingThink,. structures this short introduction around these and other threats to ethics. Confronting seven different objec

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. SEVEN THREATS TO ETHICS; 1. The Death of God; 2. Relativism; 3. Egoism; 4. Evolutionary Theory; 5. Determinism and Futility; 6. Unreasonable Demands; 7. False Consciousness; PART II. SOME ETHICAL IDEAS; 8. Birth; 9. Death; 10. Desire and the Meaning of Life; 11. Pleasure; 12. The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number; 13. Freedom from the Bad; 14. Freedom and Paternalism; 15. Rights and Natural Rights; PART III. FOUNDATIONS; 16. Reasons and Foundations; 17. Being Good and Living Well; 18. The Categorical Imperative

19. Contracts and Discourse20. The Common Point of View; 21. Confidence Restored; APPENDIX. THE UNITED NATIONS' UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; NOTES AND FURTHER READING; PICTURE CREDITS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Originally published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-164731-4

1-280-59506-X

9786613624895

0-19-158587-4

OCLC:

779178862