Basic Moral Philosophy - Softcover

Holmes, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534526632 ISBN 13: 9780534526634

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Providing a clear and systematic approach to ethical theories, this text sheds light on the historical roots of ethical theories as well contemporary concerns. The text presents reasoned assessments of various theories in order to help students develop their own views and to help them become engaged by ethics rather than passively read about it. The text places individual theories in the broader context of moral philosophy's basic problems.

About this title

About the Author:

Ronald M. Holmes is Coroner, in the Jefferson County Coroner's office and Professor Emeritus of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. He is the author of several books, among them Profiling Violent Crimes, Sex Crimes, and Serial Murder. He is also the author of more than 50 articles appearing in scholarly publications. He is Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides and has completed more than 500 psychological profiles for police departments across the United States. He received his doctorate from Indiana University.

Review:

"What is unique about the Holmes book is that it develops in very simple language an alternative to the dead-end of the history of moral theory. It does so intelligently and clearly. Students are drawn to contextualism because it is a viable compromise between the relativism they think that they believe, until they see its problems, and the absolutism they know that they don't, because they know its problems. In addition, it is the most demanding and inclusive introductory text. It treats students like intelligent adults rather than children. It respects their intelligence by demanding that they be intelligent."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0534526632
• ISBN 13: 9780534526634
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 244