Philosophical ethics : an introduction to moral philosophy /
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| Author / Creator: | Beauchamp, Tom L., author. |
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| Imprint: | New York : McGraw-Hill, [1982] ©1982 |
| Description: | xv, 396 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13191976 |
| Summary: | This accessible overview of classical and modern moral theory with short readings provides comprehensive coverage of ethics and unique coverage of rights, justice, liberty and law. Real-life cases introduce each chapter. While the book's content is theoretical rather than applied ethics, Beauchamp consistently applies the theories to practical moral problems. Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill are at the books core and they are placed in the context of moral philosophical controversies of the last 30 years. In this edition one-third of the reading selections are new and all the selections in chapter 8 on rights are new. Chapter 7 on Hume has been heavily reshaped. Chapter 1 has been reduced to get students past introductory material and into the philosophers. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 396 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0070042039 9780070042032 |