An Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Moral Education - Softcover

Barrow, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415421039 ISBN 13: 9780415421034

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This book presents and argues for a moral theory which draws on most of the major theoretical positions to some degree, but it also spells out the limits and boundaries of a moral theory. In doing so, it exposes a number of common confusions and misunderstandings about morality, and presents a strong argument for some indisputable truths in relation to the moral sphere.

Divided into four parts, the book covers the key issues within moral philosophy:

• part one provides a lucid and powerful account of the nature and limits of moral theory, sharply distinguishing it from religion
• part two outlines a positive moral theory by exploring the defining principles of morality and the reasons for being moral
• part three distinguishes moral values from others such as ecological, health and safety and sexual values
• part four is concerned with the implications of our moral understanding for moral education.

While this book concentrates on argument and ideas, a commentary to each chapter provides historical context and contemporary reference points. It will prove an invaluable resource for students of both Education and Philosophy.

About this title

About the Author:

Annita Lazar received her Ph.D in Politics from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. She teaches International Politics, and Defense and Security at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests are in International Security, International Politics of the Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy and Third World Security, in which she has published. She is currently writing a book entitled The Gulf Security Problematique. Michelle M. Lazar received her Ph.D in Linguistics from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Academic Convenor of the Gender Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests are in Critical Discourse Analysis, Political Discourse, Multimodality, Media and Gender/Feminism and has widely published in these areas. She is the editor of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Gender, Ideology and Power in Discourse (Palgrave, 2005, 2007).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415421039
• ISBN 13: 9780415421034
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216