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Ethics
Hodder Headline (Teach Yourself),
2006, 256pp,
0 340-92696-1,
£9.99
In my view, ethics is the most
relevant of all subjects - it is fundamental to living the
good life in every sense. I have particularly enjoyed
up-dating this book for this 4th edition, because it has
allowed me to read, reflect on and introduce so many
examples from the newspapers of ethical dilemmas in the
early months of 2006.
Teach
Yourself Ethics introduces the
main ethical theories and
key thinkers, to show how people have argued in
the past. But it also examines modern ethical issues and case studies. It is
aimed at the general reader, at A level students, and at those who are thinking
about, or preparing for, the start of a university course including ethics.
The 3rd edition
included sections on Feminism, Genetics, Business Ethics and
Environmental Ethics. These have been retained, but the sections have been
re-structured for the 4th edition, which also includes a
chapter on scepticism and relativism in ethics.
Contents
Introduction: The Art of Living
6 Personal Development and Virtue
1 Free to Choose? 7 Law and
Order
2 What do we Mean? 8
Religion and Moral Values
3 Is it
Natural? 9
Scepticism and Relativism
4 Looking for Results 10 Applied
Ethics
5 The Experience of Moral Choice Some
Conclusions / Taking it Further
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