The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory

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The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory explores diverse philosophical ideas and debates surrounding morality and ethical thinking. It comprises essays by eminent philosophers who examine both classical and contemporary topics in ethics. The book serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding various ethical theories and their applications in real-world situations without delving into spoilers.
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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in exploring and understanding the diverse landscape of ethical theories. This work brings together essays by leading philosophers, offering a comprehensive guide that delves deep into both classical and modern perspectives on ethics. Perfect for those keen on philosophical studies, it provides insightful analyses on various ethical systems and concepts.

The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory

Building on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory presents a complete state-of-the-art survey, written by an international team of leading moral philosophers.

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Building on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory presents a complete state-of-the-art survey, written by an international team of leading moral philosophers.

This new edition of the successful and highly regarded Guide is now reorganised and updated with the addition of significant new material. It includes 21 essays written by an international team of leading philosophers.

Extensive, substantive essays develop the main arguments of all the leading viewpoints in ethical theory. Essays new to this edition cover evolution and ethics, capability ethics, virtues and consequences, and the implausibility of virtue ethics.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444330090

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 July 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

Edited by Hugh LaFollette
Edited by Ingmar Persson

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 771g

Pages: 520

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About the Author

Hugh LaFollette is Marie and Leslie E. Cole Chair in Ethics, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He is editor-in-chief of the nine volume International Encyclopedia of Ethics (2013), and author of The Practice of Ethics (Blackwell, 2007) and Personal Relationships: Love, Identity, and Morality (Blackwell, 1995). He is co-author of Brute Science: The Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation (1996), and editor of several other volumes, including Ethics in Practice: An Anthology (third edition, Blackwell, 2007). Ingmar Persson is Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, and Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. His publications include The Retreat of Reason (2005) and, together with Julian Savulescu, Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement (2012). He is now finishing From Morality to the End of Reason: An Essay on Rights, Reasons and Responsibility.