Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Tale

Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Tale

by Brenda Almond (Author)

Synopsis

This volume is a lively, wide--ranging introduction to ethics. It provides accessible coverage of the main ethical theories which offer the basis for an exploration of key issues and recent developments in applied ethics. The authora s approach differs from other recent introductions, eschewing the utilitarian approach in favor of a rights and virtue ethics alternative.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 26 Mar 1998

ISBN 10: 0631199535
ISBN 13: 9780631199533

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Exploring Ethics is not only enjoyable and stimulating; it also succeeds as an introduction to ethics without lapsing into the formalized appearance and stuffy taxonomy of a textbook. Raymond Dennehy, International Philosophical Quarterly
Author Bio
Brenda Almond is Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy at the University of Hull, Chair of the Society for Applied Philosophy, and joint editor of the Journal of Applied Philosophy. She is the author of several books, which include Moral Concerns (1987), Education and the Individual (1981) and is the editor of AIDS: A Moral Issues (1990) and Introducing Applied Ethics (Blackwell, 1995).