Product Description

This non-technical introduction to ethics explores how we find true or reasonable moral principles which we can apply to concerns and issues in our everyday lives. Torbjorn Tannsjo presents the reader with seven radically different basic moral theories, each of which attempts to provide an ultimate answer to the question of what we ought to do and why. Tannsjo carefully describes each theory, assessing it critically and putting it into historical perspective. The theories covered are: utilitarianism, egoism, deontological ethics, the ethics of rights, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, environmental or ecological ethics. In this second edition: *all arguments are reviewed and clarified throughout *theories examined are now illustrated with the famous 'trolley' cases *a new final chapter addresses the influence of neuroscience and psychology on the formation of our moral intuitions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #647247 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
About the first edition: It is an excellent book: it leads people into quite sophisticated issues with such clarity, and such good real-world cases, that it doesn't seem at all dry or academic. -- Jonathan Glover Clear, comprehensive, and fair-minded coverage of the field. -- L. Wayne Sumner Theoria About the first edition: It is an excellent book: it leads people into quite sophisticated issues with such clarity, and such good real-world cases, that it doesn't seem at all dry or academic. Clear, comprehensive, and fair-minded coverage of the field.

Monash Bioethics Review
'Relatively slim and eminently readable ... an excellent
introduction to philosophical and practical ethics.'

About the Author
Torbjörn Tännsjö is Professor of Practical Philosophy at
Stockholm University. He has published extensively on topics in moral
philosophy, political philosophy and bioethics.