An Introduction to Moral Philosophy - Softcover

Wolff, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393923592 ISBN 13: 9780393923599

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

Synopsis

Stimulate independent thought with this brief introduction to ethics.

Rather than telling students what to think about moral issues, this NEW text teaches students how to think for themselves. Using real-world examples and vivid illustrations drawn from other disciplines, it challenges preconceived notions about morality and demonstrates why ethics matters. A companion volume, Readings in Moral Philosophy, provides primary selections that amplify issues discussed in the text and extends them to problems in applied ethics.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Wolff is the Blavatnik Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Previously he was Professor of Philosophy, and Dean of Arts and Humanities at University College London. His books include An Introduction to Political Philosophy (1996, 3rd ed. 2016), Why Read Marx Today? (2002), Ethics and Public Policy (2011), and The Human Right to Health (Norton, 2012). He has been a member of the Nuffield Council of Bioethics, and worked on questions of the ethics of risk with the railway and pharmaceutical industries in the UK, as well as the government. He writes a regular column for the Guardian newspaper.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0393923592
• ISBN 13: 9780393923599
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304