Right and Wrong

A Practical Introduction to Ethics

Thomas I. White (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2017 | 2nd edition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-09929-1 (ISBN)

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The newly updated Right and Wrong 2nd Edition is an accessible introduction to the major traditions in western philosophical ethics, written in a lively and engaging style. It is designed for entry-level ethics courses and includes real-life ethical scenarios chosen to appeal directly to students.

Greatly expanded and improved, this successful text introduces students to the major ethical traditions, and provides a simple methodology for resolving ethical dilemmas
Treats teleological and deontological approaches to ethics as the two most important traditions, but now includes chapters on virtue ethics and the ethics of care
The very accessible writing style speaks directly to students’ own experience
Draws examples from three types of real-life ethical scenarios submitted by students: academic dishonesty, partying, and personal relationships
Provides a concise treatment of this notoriously complex subject, perfect for entry-level ethics and applied ethics courses

Thomas I. White is the Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Business Ethics and Director of the Center for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. His primary research focuses on the ethical implications of the scientific research on whales and dolphins, and his book In Defense of Dolphins: The New Moral Frontier (Blackwell, 2007) addresses the ethical issues connected with human/dolphin interaction. Professor White is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, has served as U.S. Ambassador for the United Nations' Year of the Dolphin program and is an author of the Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans: Whales and Dolphins.

Preface ix

Introduction xi

1 Ethics: What It Is, Does, and Isn’t 1

2 An “Ethical Yardstick”? 15

3 Measuring Consequences 41

4 Evaluating Actions 75

5 Virtue Ethics and the Ethics of Care 97

6 Doing Right: Why Bother? 125

7 Case Studies 145

Index 165

Erscheinungsdatum	10.03.2017
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 226 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Angewandte Ethik • Applied Ethics • Einführungen in die Philosophie • ethics • Ethik • Introductions to Philosophy • Philosophie • Philosophy
ISBN-10	1-119-09929-3 / 1119099293
ISBN-13	978-1-119-09929-1 / 9781119099291
Zustand	Neuware