Understanding human goods : a theory of ethics / Sophie Grace Chappell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chappell, Sophie Grace, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The human world is alive with different sorts of goods - the multifarious things we all see as worth achieving or celebrating by our action and in our living. Timothy Chappell argues that we can't live well, still less think well about ethics, if we don't properly understand these issues. Venturing into new ground, he surveys the central topics in philosophy, providing an historical and philosophical map of the major themes. From utilitarianism, Kantianism, virtue ethics, personal identity, Parfitian reductionism, animals, abortion and euthanasia, to free will and the meaning of life itself, he takes us on an original and thought-provoking journey through ethics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT

1 • THREE FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ETHICS

2 • THE BASIC GOODS

3 • THE THREEFOLD SCHEMA

4 • PERSONS AND IDENTITIES

5 • TWO CONCEPTIONS OF THE GOOD

6 • NARRATIVE CONCEPTIONS EXAMINED

CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-585-08672-9