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Ethics : discovering right and wrong

Author: Louis P Pojman
Publisher: Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 5th edView all editions and formats
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How do you know right from wrong? ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG shows you how history's greatest thinkers have understood ethics and gives you the tools to decide for yourself what's moral and immoral. And, of course, along the way you?ll master the basics of ethical philosophy.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Louis P Pojman
ISBN: 0534619363 9780534619367
OCLC Number: 61519932
Description: xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: what is ethics? --
Ethical relativism: who's to judge what's right and wrong? --
The case for moral objectivism --
Value: the quest for the good --
Egoism, self-interest, and altruism --
Utilitarianism --
Kantian and deontological systems --
Virtue-based ethical systems --
Why should I be moral? --
Religion and ethics --
The fact-value problem: metaethics in the twentieth century --
Moral realism and the challenge of skepticism.
Responsibility: Louis P. Pojman.

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How do you know right from wrong? ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG shows you how history's greatest thinkers have understood ethics and gives you the tools to decide for yourself what's moral and immoral. And, of course, along the way you?ll master the basics of ethical philosophy.
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