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Moral reasons : an introduction to ethics and critical thinking / Charles K. Fink.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham : Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Revised EditionDescription: 1 Online Resource 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780761868422
  • 0761868429
  • 0761868437
  • 9780761868439
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1031 .F49 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Moral Reasons -- Moral Skepticism -- Normative Ethics -- The Ethics of Abortion -- The Ethics of Euthanasia -- The Ethics of Meat Eating -- The Ethics of Political Authority -- The Ethics of Wealth and Poverty -- The Ethics of Punishment -- The Ethics of War https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/amref/detail.action?docID=4729887&query=
Action note:
  • Cataloging Notes: 20251007 STAMIU-0199STAMIU-0199
Summary: Distinguished by its readability and scope, Moral Reasons analyzes issues in moral and political philosophy with careful attention to the role of argumentation in the study of ethics. After a comprehensive overview of moral reasoning including dozens of examples and exercises Charles K. Fink guides readers through the theories and arguments of philosophers from Plato to Peter Singer, covering such diverse topics as moral skepticism, abortion, euthanasia, political authority, punishment and war. Ideal as a main text for courses on applied ethics or as a supplemental text for courses on social and political philosophy, this book offers one of the most diverse investigations of moral philosophy there is to date. -- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Bsc. Health Systems Management & Development | Master in Bioethics
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-177) and index

Moral Reasons -- Moral Skepticism -- Normative Ethics -- The Ethics of Abortion -- The Ethics of Euthanasia -- The Ethics of Meat Eating -- The Ethics of Political Authority -- The Ethics of Wealth and Poverty -- The Ethics of Punishment -- The Ethics of War

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/amref/detail.action?docID=4729887&query=

Distinguished by its readability and scope, Moral Reasons analyzes issues in moral and political philosophy with careful attention to the role of argumentation in the study of ethics. After a comprehensive overview of moral reasoning including dozens of examples and exercises Charles K. Fink guides readers through the theories and arguments of philosophers from Plato to Peter Singer, covering such diverse topics as moral skepticism, abortion, euthanasia, political authority, punishment and war. Ideal as a main text for courses on applied ethics or as a supplemental text for courses on social and political philosophy, this book offers one of the most diverse investigations of moral philosophy there is to date. -- Provided by publisher.

Cataloging Notes: 20251007 STAMIU-0199STAMIU-0199

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