Title : | Ethical insights : a brief Introduction |
Material Type: | printed text |
Authors: | Douglas Birsch, Author |
Publisher: | Mountain View, CA : Mayfield Pub. Co |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Pagination: | x, 134 p. |
Size: | 24 cm |
ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7674-0712-0 |
General note: | Includes bibliographical references
Includes appendix (p.125-132)
Includes index (p.133-134) |
Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
Descriptors: | Ethics
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Class number: | 170 |
Abstract: | This is a brief, accessible, affordable supplement for any applied ethics course. The text covers eight ethical theories, with each chapter focusing on a key ethical insight that helps establish moral guidelines to solve ethical problems. |
Contents note: | An Introduction to Ethics and Ethical Theories; Ethics, Theoretical Ethics, and Applied Ethics; Alternative Sources of Solutions; Ethical Theories; Evaluating Ethical Theories; Some Traditional Assumptions of Ethical Theories; Basic Themes Associated with Ethics; The Divine Command Theory
The Divine Command Theory; Justifications for the Ethical Standard and Strengths of the Theory; Divine Commands, Human Freedom, and Morally Significant Actions; The Divine Command Theory and the Traditional Ethical Assumptions; The Divine Command Theory and the Basic Ethical Themes; Problems with the Divine Command Theory; Ethical Relativism; |
Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14110 |