The Ethics Toolkit: A Compendium of Ethical Concepts and Methods - Softcover

Julian Baggini; Peter S. Fosl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405132310 ISBN 13: 9781405132312

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2007

Synopsis

The Ethics Toolkit provides an accessible and engaging compendium of concepts, theories, and strategies that encourage students and advanced readers to think critically about ethics so that they can engage intelligently in ethical study, thought, and debate.

• Written by the authors of the popular The Philosophers’ Toolkit (Blackwell, 2001); Baggini is also a renowned print and broadcast journalist, and a prolific author of popular philosophy books
• Uses clear and accessible language appropriate for use both inside and beyond the classroom
• Enlivened through the use of real-world and hypothetical examples
• Cross-referencing of entries helps to connect and contrast ideas
• Features lists of prominent ethics organizations and useful websites
• Encourages readers to think critically about ethics and teaches them how to engage intelligently in ethical study, thought, and debate

About this title

About the Author

Julian Baggini is editor and co-publisher of Th e Philosophers' Magazine. He is the author or co- author of over a dozen books on philosophy. His journalism also appears in newspapers and magazines such as the Guardian, Times Higher Education Supplement, and Times Educational Supplement. His PhD was awarded by University College London in 1996.

Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, and recipient of the 2006 Acorn Award for Kentucky's outstanding university teacher of the year. Educated at Bucknell University, Emory University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Edinburgh, Fosl is a contributing editor to Th e Philosophers' Magazine and co-editor of the Dictionary of Literary Biography volumes on British philosophers. He has published on Hume, skepticism, the philosophy of religion, and topics in the history of philosophy.

From the Back Cover

The Ethics TOOLKIT

"The Ethics Toolkit is a truly innovative introduction to ethics. Far better than a dictionary or encyclopedia of ethics, Th e Ethics Toolkit provides readers with an appreciation of the crucial role ethics plays in our lives."
Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"Very good sense, so clearly and neatly expressed, about ideas in and around ethics worth disagreeing about."
Ted Honderich, University College London

"The Ethics Toolkit is a great resource for teachers, students, and general readers, and makes an extremely valuable accompaniment to primary texts in introductory ethics courses. It is much more engaging than standard philosophical handbooks, which means that one can read it cover to cover in addition to using it as a reference for a wide and eclectic range of concepts that are crucial to clear thinking about ethics."
Avery Kolers, University of Louisville

The Ethics Toolkit provides an accessible and engaging compendium of concepts, theories, and strategies relevant to the philosophical practice of ethical refl ection and criticism. Following the format of The Philosopher's Toolkit, this volume focuses on ethics, emphasizing philosophical methods and applications as well as various theories and controversies in the area. Written in a style appropriate for use both inside and beyond the classroom, the entries are enlivened through the use of relevant examples, applied explanations, test cases, critical reviews, cross-references, and a helpful appendix. Th is indispensable resource will encourage students and general readers to think critically about ethics and teach them how to engage intelligently in ethical study, thought, and debate.

From the Inside Flap

The Ethics TOOLKIT

"The Ethics Toolkit is a truly innovative introduction to ethics. Far better than a dictionary or encyclopedia of ethics, Th e Ethics Toolkit provides readers with an appreciation of the crucial role ethics plays in our lives."
Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"Very good sense, so clearly and neatly expressed, about ideas in and around ethics worth disagreeing about."
Ted Honderich, University College London

"The Ethics Toolkit is a great resource for teachers, students, and general readers, and makes an extremely valuable accompaniment to primary texts in introductory ethics courses. It is much more engaging than standard philosophical handbooks, which means that one can read it cover to cover in addition to using it as a reference for a wide and eclectic range of concepts that are crucial to clear thinking about ethics."
Avery Kolers, University of Louisville

The Ethics Toolkit provides an accessible and engaging compendium of concepts, theories, and strategies relevant to the philosophical practice of ethical refl ection and criticism. Following the format of The Philosopher's Toolkit, this volume focuses on ethics, emphasizing philosophical methods and applications as well as various theories and controversies in the area. Written in a style appropriate for use both inside and beyond the classroom, the entries are enlivened through the use of relevant examples, applied explanations, test cases, critical reviews, cross-references, and a helpful appendix. Th is indispensable resource will encourage students and general readers to think critically about ethics and teach them how to engage intelligently in ethical study, thought, and debate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405132310
• ISBN 13: 9781405132312
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254