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Ethics by Dr Piers Benn; Piers Benn is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ethics about?
This introduction to ethics judiciously combines moral theory with applied ethics to give an opportunity for students to develop acute thinking About Ethical Matters.; The Author Begins Motivating A Concern For moral discourse by dispelling often met objections over relativism and subjectivity. interweaving normative and meta-ethical considerations, a convincing modern account of moral thinking emerges.; Moral theories - consequentialism, Kantianism, contractualism - are explained and illustrated in a way that holds the reader's attention, and students of ethics will take away a perceptive and practical understanding of the nature of moral reasoning and an ability, on such matters, to think afresh for themselves.
Who reads Ethics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dr Piers Benn; Piers Benn
- Publisher
- UCL Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781135365325
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (9,491 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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