Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life: Introductory Readings in Ethics - Softcover

Sommers, Christina Hoff; Sommers, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155003755 ISBN 13: 9780155003750

Publisher: Harcourt School, 1992

Synopsis

VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE has been a bestseller in college ethics for more than two decades because it is well-liked by both instructors and students. Instructors appreciate it for its philosophical breadth and seriousness. Students welcome the engaging topics and readings. VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE provides students with a lively selection of classical and contemporary readings on pressing matters of personal and social morality. The text includes an overview of seminal ethical theories, as well as a unique set of stimulating articles on matters of social responsibility, personal integrity and individual virtue. While the readings consistently represent different points of view, the book maintains a strong sense of the importance of avoiding cruelty and practicing kindness in a well-lived life.

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Review:

-This book fills a very needed niche...The variety of readings in terms of their tone, their scope, and their interdisciplinary make this a very unique and innovative text. The reading selections are all highly appropriate to a larger study of both theories and practical application and, most importantly, they are interesting and engaging. The readings really inspire students to engage in in-depth, critical analysis. The groupings of readings within the chapters are much more thought-provoking than presenting the readings as separate units. The authors don't presume to inform the readers as to which viewpoint is -better- but instead presents a variety of readings encouraging students to truly analyze both the theorists as well as their own personal beliefs.- - Lori Rosenthal, Emerson College

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt School
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0155003755
• ISBN 13: 9780155003750
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3