Ethics: approaching moral decisions
by Holmes, Arthur F., (Arthur Frank)
Arthur F. Holmes examines some of the major approaches to ethics, including cultural relativism, emotivism, ehtical egoism and utilitarianism. He then outlines a Christian ethic and applies it to four moral issues: human rights, criminal punishment, the legislation of morality, and sexual behavior. Over the years the philosophical landscape has changed somewhat, and in this new edition Arthur Holmes adjusts the argument and information throughout, completely rewriting the earlier chapter on vir…
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- Full title :Ethics : approaching moral decisions / Arthur F. Holmes.
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Arthur F. Holmes examines some of the major approaches to ethics, including cultural relativism, emotivism, ehtical egoism and utilitarianism. He then outlines a Christian ethic and applies it to four moral issues: human rights, criminal punishment, the legislation of morality, and sexual behavior. Over the years the philosophical landscape has changed somewhat, and in this new edition Arthur Holmes adjusts the argument and information throughout, completely rewriting the earlier chapter on virtue ethics and adding a new chapter on the moral agent. - Publisher.
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- Publication Date:©2007.
- Edition:Second edition, [New edition]
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):IVP Academic
- Place of Publication:Downers Grove, IL
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (150 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780830875092, 0830875093
- oclc:ocn965464673
- LC Classification:BJ1012
- Dewey Decimal:241
Table of Contents
The moral revolution -- Cultural relativism -- Emotivist ethics -- Ethical egoism -- Utilitarianism -- Toward a christian ethic -- Moral knowledge -- The basis of obligation -- Human rights -- Criminal punishment -- Can we legislate morality? -- Sex and marriage -- The moral agent -- Virtue ethics.
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