Ethics (Volume 3) (Fundamentals of Philosophy) - Softcover

Benn, Piers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773517014 ISBN 13: 9780773517011

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Benn stimulates a concern for moral discourse through an initial discussion of moral objectivity and relativism, a central problem for ethical theory as well as one of the most immediate and practical concerns in our contemporary world. He suggests that most of the arguments offered in support of relativism are really arguments for tolerance and elucidates the crucial distinction and its implications. His emphasis on showing the reader how to think critically about the issues is brought to bear on key moral concepts throughout the book. Free will and determinism, pleasure and happiness, reasons and causes, authority, and rationality are examined with insight and clarity. Benn's elegant and perceptive treatment makes Ethics an ideal text for undergraduate courses. The guides to further reading provided in each chapter help the reader pursue interesting topics and facilitate using the book in conjunction with primary sources.

About this title

About the Author:

Piers Benn is lecturer in philosophy, University of Leeds.

Review:

Ambitiously offers at once an introduction to ethics and a substantive argument, an attractive alternative to standardly 'neutral' textbook approaches. - Philosophical Quarterly

An admirable introductory ethics textbook. - Philosophical Books

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0773517014
• ISBN 13: 9780773517011
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224