A Companion to Applied Ethics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405133457 ISBN 13: 9781405133456

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume – including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics – provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing moral questions facing us today.

• Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethics
• Offers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and business ethics
• Written by major philosophers presently engaged with these complex and profound ethical issues

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Book Description:

In recent years, many important moral, social, and political issues have come under philosophical scrutiny, with the result that applied or practical ethics has become one of the largest areas of growth in philosophy. These specially commissio.

From the Back Cover:

In recent years, many important moral, social, and political issues have come under philosophical scrutiny, with the result that applied or practical ethics has become one of the largest areas of growth in philosophy. These specially commissioned essays by many of the leading figures in applied ethics track that growth. They provide substantive discussions of the pressing issues that orient around the topics in question, and, collectively, constitute an in-depth, state-of-the-art account of present-day philosophical thinking in practical ethics.

A Companion to Applied Ethics is the most ambitious and authoritative account of applied ethics available. The volume will serve professionals as an indispensable resource, and, because it is written accessibly, will provide students and educated laymen with an excellent guide to the current state of play in substantive discussion by philosophers of major moral, social, and political issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1405133457
• ISBN 13: 9781405133456
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 720
• Editor: Frey R. G., Wellman Christopher Heath