An Introduction to Ethics: Five Central Problems of Moral Judgment - Softcover

Thomas, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872201848 ISBN 13: 9780872201842

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 1993

Synopsis

A comprehensive yet concise introduction to central topics, debates, and techniques of moral philosophy in the analytic tradition, this volume combines a thematic, issue-oriented format with rigorous standards of clarity and precision. Thomas introduces fundamental concepts and terms, proceeding through a step-by-step exploration of five general areas of debate: the specification of moral judgment; moral judgment and the moral standard; the justification of moral judgment; logic, reasoning, and moral judgment; and moral judgment and moral responsibility. Key historical and contemporary figures in moral philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hume, Mill, Hare, Ross, Nagel, Foot, Stevenson, and Dancy, are used effectively as a means of examining the topics themselves.

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Review

An excellent introductory text to the wide variety of issues in ethical theory and meta-ethics today. Encyclopedic, yet brief, Thomas' book provides an extremely valuable resource to which to return time and again for help in navigating the current discussion. --David Horner, Biola University An impressive piece of work--systematic, judicious, comprehensive. . . . The author's language is clear and spare. . . . [he] shows good judgment and no tendency to be cowed. --Peter Railton, The University of Michigan

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872201848
• ISBN 13: 9780872201842
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232