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An Introduction to Ethics

Deigh, John·2010·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511750519
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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. It focuses on theories that continue to have a significant presence in the field. The core chapters cover egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant's moral theory, and existentialist ethics. Readers will be introduced not only to the main ideas of each theory but to contemporary developments and defenses of those ideas. A final chapter takes up topics in meta-ethics and moral psychology. The discussions throughout draw the reader into philosophical inquiry through argument and criticism that illuminate the profundity of the questions under examination. Students will find this book to be a very helpful guide to how philosophical inquiry is undertaken as well as to what the major theories in ethics hold.

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Authors
Deigh, J.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Corresponding author
Deigh, John
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2010-03-04
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511750519
OpenAlex
W643756993
Cited by
106
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
FWCI
14.72
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 824 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Classical Philosophy and Thought
Keywords
moral theory, egoism, eudaimonism, Plato, Aristotle, utilitarianism, rule utilitarianism, natural law theory, Kantian ethics, existential ethics, metaethics, moral psychology, right and wrong

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