The fundamentals of ethics / Russ Shafer-Landau, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
| Author/creator | Shafer-Landau, Russ |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Third Edition. |
| Publication | New York : Oxford University Press, [2015] |
| Description | xvii, 341 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part One. The good life -- Hedonism: its powerful appeal -- Is happiness all that matters? -- Getting what you want -- Problems for the desire theory -- Part Two. Normative ethics: doing the right thing -- Morality and religion -- Natural law -- Psychological egoism -- Ethical egoism -- Consequentialism: its nature and attractions -- Consequentialsim: its difficulties -- The Kantian perspective: fairness -- The Kantian perspective: autonomy and respect -- The social contract tradition: the theory and its attractions -- The social contract tradition: problems and prospects -- Ethical pluralism and absolute moral rules -- Ethical pluralism: prima facie duties and ethical particularism -- Virtue ethics -- Feminist ethics -- Part Three. Metaethics: the status of morality -- Ethical relativism -- Moral nihilism -- Eleven arguments against moral objectivity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2013046678 |
| ISBN | 9780199997237 |
| ISBN | 0199997233 |