Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader - Softcover

Timmons, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190490020 ISBN 13: 9780190490027

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, applied ethics, and introduction to ethics, Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader, Fourth Edition, offers a unique pedagogical approach that bridges moral theory and applied ethics. Bringing together seventy engaging articles, it also includes an accessible Moral Theory Primer (Chapter 1). Each selection is enhanced by a host of pedagogical features, including concise summaries, reader cues referring to pertinent moral theories, and reading and discussion questions. A "Quick Guide to Moral Theories" at the front of the book and an extensive glossary of key terms are also included. A "User's Guide," which follows the preface, shows instructors how they can integrate moral theories and applied ethics into their courses.

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About the Author

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Moral Theory: An Introduction, Second Edition (2012), and editor of Conduct and Character: Readings in Moral Theory, Sixth Edition (2011), and the annually published Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics. A collection of his essays on Kant's moral theory, Significance and System in Kant's Ethics: Selected Essays (2017), is published by Oxford University Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190490020
• ISBN 13: 9780190490027
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 768