The fundamentals of ethics Upplaga 3

The Fundamentals of Ethics is designed to introduce students to the central ideas of moral philosophy in an accessible and engaging way. It contains several chapters each on The Good Life, Normative Ethics, and Metaethics, and provides more detailed coverage of these areas than is available in any competing introductory textbook. It also devotes attention to issues that are often omitted in other introductions, such as the Doctrines of Doing and Allowing and of Double Effect, ethical particularism, the desire-satisfaction theory of well-being, moral error theory, and Ross's theory of prima facie duties. Shafer-Landau reconstructs and carefully analyzes dozens of arguments in these pages, helping students to improve their critical thinking skills while maintaining a level of discussion that is appropriate for those with no prior philosophical background. With a lively writing style and the use of many examples to illustrate key ideas, Fundamentals is an ideal way to introduce students to moral philosophy. Designed to be used as a stand-alone text or in conjunction with Shafer-Landau's The Ethical Life, a companion reader whose contents were selected to provide original source material that explores the topics covered in The Fundamentals of Ethics .