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Every ethical theory is an attempt to identify the property that all right acts have in common, in virtue of which they are right, and ditto for wrong acts. Ethical theorists base their theories on two sorts of assumption. First, they begin with some aspect or aspects of human experience, assuming that their readers have had the same experience.
6 Σεπ 2013 · In this accessible and enlightening work, Birsch introduces the main ethical theories in Western philosophy using a procedural approach that enables readers to make ethical evaluations of...
Table of Contents. 1. Aren’t Right and Wrong Just Matters of Opinion? On Moral Relativism and Subjectivism; 2. Can We Have Ethics without Religion? On Divine Command Theory and Natural Law Theory; 3. How Can I Be a Better Person? On Virtue Ethics; 4. What’s in it for Me? On Egoism and Social Contract Theory; 5. Utilitarianism; 6. Kantian ...
An anthology with contributions sceptical of moral theory (moral principles) in ethics is Stanley G. Clarke and Evan Simpson (eds), Anti-Theory in Ethics and Moral Conservatism (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1989).
8 Δεκ 2022 · In this accessible and instructive work, Birsch introduces the main ethical theories in Western philosophy using a procedural approach that enables readers to make justified ethical...
7 Αυγ 2020 · Ethics. Moral philosophers have long debated how we know what choice is right and why that choice is best. When observed over time, patterns of ethical choice and justification aggregate into...
This book examines the central questions of ethics through a study of theories of right and wrong that are found in the great ethical works of Western philosophy.
