Julia Driver

eBook, ePUB

Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

The Fundamentals

Beschreibung

Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics.

• The first volume in the new Fundamentals of Philosophy series.
• Presents lively, real-world examples and thoughtful discussion of key moral philosophers and their ideas.
• Constitutes an excellent resource for readers coming to the subject of ethics for the first time.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 0.39MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Julia Driver is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. She is author of Uneasy Virtue (2001) as well as numerous articles in journals, including The Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Quarterly, and Noûs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118697276
• Artikelnr.: 39054347

Rezensionen

"Julia Driver's admirably clear and concise account ofthe fundamentals of ethics will serve as an excellent text forintroductory courses and beyond, as well as being a good place forthe interested lay person to start. She discusses the majorquestions thoroughly and insightfully, with reference to historicaland contemporary works, and uses vivid and entertainingexamples." Elinor Mason, University of Edinburgh

"An outstanding and highly useful contribution.Driver's introduction to ethics is more responsive to thecontemporary philosophical scene than any other that I knowof." Michael Slote, University of Miami

"Driver's introductory textbook discusses thetheories that should be discussed, and does so in an engaging andfair-minded way. The book is not only clear enough for studentsconfronting moral philosophy for the first time but alsopenetrating enough for more advanced students." BradHooker, University of Reading