Ethics : Discovering Right and Wrong
ISBN: 9780534561383 | 0534561381
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 6/1/2001
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Concise yet comprehensive, this text surveys the realm of ethical theory and includes many examples from classical and contemporary sources. Written in an interesting and conversational manner, DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG challenges students to develop their own moral theories and to solve various problems for themselves.
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 a... MORE
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 a... MORE
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| A Word to the Student: Why Study Moral Philosophy? | xvii | ||||
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| Appendix 2 How to Read and Write a Philosophy Paper | 267 | (4) | |||
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| Glossary | 271 | (8) | |||
| Index | 279 |
