For better or worse, Immanuel Kant casts a long shadow over contemporary Western thought. The philosophical and historical importance of Kant's ethics can hardly be overestimated, yet his legacy for the wide variety of issues in applied ethics has still not been fully and fairly…
Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. Offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weakness…
Where do you ground your own moral claims? [This book] first prepares you for this exploration by laying out an introduction to the major currents of thought in the history of Western ethics. And then, by offering divergent viewpoints on a number of timely issues, [the] text int…
Combining divergent viewpoints on a number of timely issues and an introduction to the major currents of thought in the history of Western ethics, this book provides students with a proven roadmap through the compelling and contentious arena of today's most pressing moral proble…
"A concise and accessible introduction to ethical theories, featuring a large variety of real-life case studies."--Back cover
"A concise and accessible introduction to ethical theories, featuring a large variety of real-life case studies."--Back cover.
"A concise and accessible introduction to ethical theories, featuring a large variety of real-life case studies." --Back cover.