The Routledge Companion to Ethics is an outstanding survey of the whole field of ethics by a distinguished international team of contributors. Over 60 chapters are divided into six clear sections: the history of ethics meta-ethics perspectives from outside ethics ethical perspectives morality debates in ethics. The Companion opens with a comprehensive historical overview of ethics, including chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant, and ethical thinking in China, India and the Arabic tradition. The second part covers the domain of meta-ethics. The third part covers important challenges to ethics from the fields of anthropology, psychology, sociobiology and economics. The fourth and fifth sections cover competing theories of ethics and the nature of morality respectively, with entries on consequentialism, Kantian morality, virtue ethics, relativism, evil, and responsibility amongst many others. A comprehensive final section includes the most important topics and controversies in applied ethics, such as rights, justice and distribution, the end of life, the environment, poverty, war and terrorism. The Routledge Companion to Ethics is a superb resource for anyone interested in the subject, whether in philosophy or related disciplines such as politics, education, or law. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, with helpful further reading sections at the end of each chapter, it is ideal for those coming to the field of ethics for the first time as well as readers already familiar with the subject.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415415163
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117492487
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Routledge Companion to Ethics
Author
John Skorupski
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
880 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
246mm
Item Width
174mm
Item Weight
1452g
Additional Product Features
Editor
John Skorupski
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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