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Ethical Theory: Classical and Contemporary Readings

This authoritative and reader-friendly anthology will help you think through some of humanity's most persistent questions regarding right and wrong, good and bad. ETHICAL THEORY: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY READINGS cuts through the confusion and delivers a clear and comprehensive selection of readings from classical and contemporary sources. Presented in a dynamic pro and con format, with detailed summaries of each argument, this comprehensive anthology allows you to watch the ethical debate unfold before your eyes.

693 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1988

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Louis P. Pojman

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August 27, 2024
Pretty good selection of articles are the various attempts to establish a system of ethical reasoning. Felt there could have been better defenses of ethics from religious perspectives.
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November 28, 2020
Sehr umfangreiches Handbuch zur Ethiktheorie. Nach Einleitungen zu Fragestellungen, Kontroversen oder schlichtweg Themen folgend jeweils vier bis sieben Primärquellen, die selber noch kurz eingeleitet werden. Wie im Titel zu lesen reichen diese Primärquellen bis Sokrates zurück, umfassen aber zum Beispiel auch zwei zeitgenössische Repliken des Autors selbst.

In Anbetracht der Komplexität des Themas ist das Buch wirklich lehrreich. Es hätte allerdings visuell besser aufbereitet werden können durch Gegenüberstellungen von Strömen in Tabellenform, durch eine chronologische Darstellung der Entwicklung der Meinungen und so weiter.
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119 reviews
December 8, 2009
Good selection of readings, many of which I would never have read except for class. It presents a very good overview of ethical theory.
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