THE ETHICAL LIFE - FUNDAMENTAL READINGS IN ETHICS AND MORAL IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Brief yet thorough and affordably priced, The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in introductory ethics and contemporary moral problems. Featuring forty readings divided into four parts--The Good Life, Normative Ethics, Metaethics, and Moral Problems--it introduces students to ethical theory and a wide range of moral issues. The essays include selections from such historically influential philosophers as Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill alongside work by contemporary philosophers like Philippa Foot, Robert Nozick, Peter Singer, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. Detailed reading introductions provide helpful contextual information. The text is supplemented by an online Instructor's Manual and Computerized Test Bank and a Companion Website with student self-quizzes and additional resources. Designed as a companion reader to Russ Shafer-Landau's textbook, The Fundamentals of Ethics, Third Edition, this volume is also comprehensive enough to be used on its own. Features Summary This four-part collection of original writings in moral philosophy covers issues in The Good Life, Normative Ethics: Theories of Right Conduct, Metaethicss: The Status of Morality... Author Russ Shafer-Landau Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20140630 Pages 512 ISBN 0-19-999727-6 ISBN 13 978-0-19-999727-5