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020			_a9781507204931 (hardback)
040			_aCvSU-CCAT Campus Library. _bEnglish. _cCvSU-CCAT Campus Library. _erda.
050			_aCIR BJ 1012 _bB66 2017
100			_aBoone, Brian, author. _913412
245			_aEthics 101 : _bfrom altruism and utilitarianism to bioethics and political ethics, an exploration of the concepts of right and wrong / _cBrian Boone.
260			_aNew York : _bAdams Media, _cc2017.
300			_a255 pages ; _c19 cm.
490			_aAdams 101
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aEthics and the ancient Greek philosophers. Philosophy versus moral philosophy ; The importance of ethics ; The Sophists ; The Socratic method ; Plato's Ethics ; The moral philosophy of Aristotle -- The divergent Greek schools. The philosophy of the Cynics ; The skeptics of ancient Greece ; The Epicureans ; The Stoics ; Plotinus and Neoplatonism -- Consequentialist ethics. Normative ethics and descriptive ethics ; Jeremy Bentham and measuring utility ; John Stuart Mill and utilitarianism ; Ethical altruism ; Rule consequentialism ; Act consequentialism ; Criticisms of consequentialist ethics -- Deontological ethics. Immanuel Kant and Kantianism ; Kant and the categorical imperative ; Alternate formulations of Kant's categorical imperative ; John Rawls and the ethics of egalitarianism ; Criticisms of Kantian ethics -- Virtue ethics. Virtue ethics ; Criticisms of virtue ethics ; Divine command theory ; Thomas Aquinas and natural law ethics ; Ethical relativism ; Moral realism and antirealism -- Eastern moral philosophies. Buddhist ethics ; Confucianism and ethics ; Ibn Sina's reconciliation ; Ibn Miskawayh and Al-Ghazali ; Taoist ethics -- Negative views on ethics. Niccolò Machiavelli ; Jean-Paul Sartre and existentialism ; The ethics of Friedrich Nietzsche ; The philosophies of Arthur Schopenhauer ; Ludwig Wittgenstein and the language of ethics -- Other moral philosphers. Peter Abelard and nominalism ; Voltaire and hedonism ; John Locke and the just government ; Lord Shaftesbury and moral sense theory ; The philosophies of Baruch Spinoza
520			_a"Ethics 101 offers an exciting look into the history of moral principles that dictate human behavior. This easy-to-read guide presents the key concepts of ethics in fun, straightforward lessons and exercises featuring only the most important facts, theories, and ideas. Ethics 101 includes unique, accessible elements such as explanations of the major moral philosophies, including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and eastern philosophers including Avicenna, Buddha, and Confucius; and unique profiles of the greatest characters in moral philosophy"-- Provided by publisher
546			_aIn English text.
650			_aEthics. _9987
651			_vRight and wrong. _913413
942			_cBK _hBJ 1012 B66 2017 _kCIR _2lcc
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