The Good, the Right & the Fair (Philosophy (or Texts in Philosophy)) - Softcover

Gjerris, Mickey; Nielsen, Morten Ebbe Juul; Sandoe, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184890102X ISBN 13: 9781848901025

Publisher: College Publications, 2013

Synopsis

The Good, the Right, and the Fair is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary moral and political philosophy especially suited for undergraduate students in medicine and the life sciences. The book covers first questions concerning the good: What makes a life worth living? Is it only humans who matter morally? Is welfare all that matters? It then proceeds to a discussion of the right: How ought we to act? The major ethical theories of the western tradition are presented and their strengths and weaknesses discussed. Finally, key aspects of the philosophical discussion of the fair, including matters of equality, justice, and liberty, are laid out for the reader. Emphasizing a pluralism of reasonable views, and with illustrative examples drawn primarily from medicine and the life sciences, this book is meant to spur interest in, and to qualify deliberation about ethical issues, rather than to advance specific conclusions concerning morality and justice.

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Peter Sandoe

Edition details

• Publisher: College Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184890102X
• ISBN 13: 9781848901025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192