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Understanding ethics Torbjörn Tännsjö
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tännsjö, Torbjörn, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- ethics (philosophy).
- Medical Subjects:
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Fourth edition
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Introduces students to 8 ethical theories that aim to tell us what we ought to do and why: normative ethics, utilitarianism, egoism, deontological ethics, the ethics of rights, virtue ethics, particularism and ecological ethics
- Contents:
- Practical problems and normative ethics
- Utilitarianism
- Egoism and contractualism
- Deontology
- Absolute moral rights
- Virtue ethics
- Deep ecology
- What are we to believe?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed September 22, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version Tännsjö, Torbjörn, 1946- Understanding ethics
- ISBN:
- 9781399567725
- 1399567721
- 9781399567732
- 139956773X
- OCLC:
- 1596205496
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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