Being good : an introduction to ethics / Simon Blackburn.
By: Blackburn, Simon
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: x, 162 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN: 9780192100528; 9780192853776; 9780191585876; 0192100521; 0192853775; 0191585874Subject(s): EthicsDDC classification: 170 LOC classification: BJ1012 | .B535 2001Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Shan State Buddhist University Library English Shelves | English Collection | 170 Bl 10193 | Available | EB00010193 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159) and index.
Preface. List of Illustrations. Introduction. Seven Threats to Ethics. 1: The Threat of the Death of God. 2: The Threat of Relativism. 3: The Threat of Egoism. 4: The Threat from Evolutionary Theory. 5: The Threat of Determinism and Futility. 6: The Threat of Unreasonable Demands. 7: The Threat of False Consciousness. Some Ethical Ideas. 8: Birth. 9: Death. 10: Desire and the Meaning of Life. 11: Pleasure. 12: The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Number. 13: Freedom from the Bad. 14: Freedom and Paternalism. 15: Rights and Natural Rights. Foundations?. 16: Reasons and Foundations. 17: Living Well and Doing Good. 18: The Categorical Imperative. 19: Contracts and Discourse. 20: The Common Point of View. 21: Confidence Restored. Further Reading. Index
A short introduction to ethics, in three parts. The first discusses reasons for scepticism about ethics; the second introduces birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, to show how our lives are interwoven with ethics, and the third examines attempts to found ethics.
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