Jacobs introduces the issues, language, concepts and positions central to ethical theorizing. Entries range from antiquity to the present and basic to advance. Cross-referencing allows readers to explore topics in depth. Items explain complex issues of normative ethics, metaethics and moral psychology in non-technical language.
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This alphabetic guide introduces the main positions, key figures, basic approaches, and central problems in ethical theory. Thorough and up-to-date it is a uniquely concise but comprehensive philosophical reference work to the subject.
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Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction A-Z Entries Bibliography
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748620142
Publisert
2005-07-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
204 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Jonathan Jacobs is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Division of the Humanities at Colgate University, New York. He is the author of Aristotle's Virtues: Nature, Knowledge, and Human Good (Lang, 2003), Dimensions of Moral Theory (Blackwell, 2002), Choosing Character: Responsibility for Virtue and Vice (Cornell University Press, 2001).