Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-280442-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 172 mm, Gewicht: 120 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. In this 'sparklingly clear' (Guardian) introduction to ethics Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, showing us how we should think about
the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Blackburn, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Until recently he was Edna J. Doury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, and from 1969 to 1999 a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford. His books include Spreading the Word (1984), Essays in Quasi-Realism (1993), The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994), Ruling Passions (1998), and Truth (co-edited with Keith Simmons, 1999), and the best-selling
Think (1999). He edited the journal Mind from 1984 to 1990.