Being good
an introduction to ethics
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Word Count
40,500 words, Guess
Page Count
162 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeinggoodintrodu00blac
- ISBN-139780192100528
- ISBN-100192100521
- Goodreads1843194
- LibraryThing31130
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- Library of Congress Control Number2001269164
- OCLC Control Number45648556
- Better World Books9780192100528
- Open LibraryOL3964430M
Classifications
- DDC170
- LCCBJ1012 .B535 2001
- LCCBJ1012.B535 2001
Description
Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think, structures this short introduction around these and other threats to ethics. Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us. Then, turning to problems of life and death, he shows how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates. Finally he offers a critical tour of the ways the philosophical tradition has tried to provide foundations for ethics, from Plato and Aristotle through to contemporary debates.
First Sentence
For many people, ethics is not only tied up with religion, but is completely settled by it.
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