The Fundamentals of EthicsIn The Fundamentals of Ethics, author Russ Shafer-Landau employs a uniquely engaging writing style to introduce students to the essential ideas of moral philosophy. Offering more comprehensive coverage of the good life, normative ethics, and metaethics than any other text of its kind, this book also addresses issues that are often omitted from other texts, such as the doctrine of doing and allowing, the doctrine of double effect, ethical particularism, the desire-satisfaction theory of well-being, and moral error theory. Shafer-Landau carefully reconstructs and analyzes dozens of arguments in depth, at a level that is understandable to students with no prior philosophical background. Ideal for courses in introductory ethics and contemporary moral problems, this book can be used as a stand-alone text or with the author's companion reader, The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, which offers original readings exploring the topics covered in The Fundamentals of Ethics. |
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... better than the vicious one . Ross thinks that this thought experiment allows us to appreciate that virtue is good ... better than others . 3. Therefore , hedonism is false . I think that Ross is right about premise 2. It is better that ...
... better than the vicious one . Ross thinks that this thought experiment allows us to appreciate that virtue is good ... better than others . 3. Therefore , hedonism is false . I think that Ross is right about premise 2. It is better that ...
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... better off as a result of such things , even though they didn't satisfy any of your desires . Of course , now that you've experienced such things , you may well want more of them . But that's because they have made your life better off ...
... better off as a result of such things , even though they didn't satisfy any of your desires . Of course , now that you've experienced such things , you may well want more of them . But that's because they have made your life better off ...
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... better off as a result of the rescue operation . But it's not so easy to see that my life got any better . There is a natural reply to such examples . My life was indeed mildly improved , because I was pleased to get what I wanted . And ...
... better off as a result of the rescue operation . But it's not so easy to see that my life got any better . There is a natural reply to such examples . My life was indeed mildly improved , because I was pleased to get what I wanted . And ...
Contents
Its Powerful Appeal | 18 |
Is Happiness All That Matters? | 27 |
Getting What You Want | 38 |
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