Book Title: Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics

Authors: Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere; Douglas Giles; Ya-Yun (Sherry) Kao; Michael Klenk; Joseph Kranak; Kathryn MacKay; Jeffrey Morgan; Paul Rezkalla; George Matthews (Book Editor); and Christina Hendricks (Series Editor)

Book Description: We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others' behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition.

Cover art by Heather Salazar; cover design by Jonathan Lashley.

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We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices.

This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition. It considers basic questions about moral and ethical judgment: Is there such a thing as something that is really right or really wrong independent of time, place and perspective? What is the relationship between religion and ethics? How can we reconcile self-interest and ethics? Is it ever acceptable to harm one person in order to help others? What do recent discussions in evolutionary biology or have to say about human moral systems? What is the relation between gender and ethics? The authors invite you to participate in their exploration of these and many other questions in philosophical ethics.

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Authors

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere; Douglas Giles; Ya-Yun (Sherry) Kao; Michael Klenk; Joseph Kranak; Kathryn MacKay; Jeffrey Morgan; Paul Rezkalla; George Matthews (Book Editor); and Christina Hendricks (Series Editor)

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Philosophy

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Title
Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics
Authors
Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere; Douglas Giles; Ya-Yun (Sherry) Kao; Michael Klenk; Joseph Kranak; Kathryn MacKay; Jeffrey Morgan; Paul Rezkalla; George Matthews (Book Editor); and Christina Hendricks (Series Editor)
Editors
George Matthews and Christina Hendricks
Reviewers
Björn Freter and Vance Ricks
Illustrators
Heather Salazar (Cover artist) and Jonathan Lashley (Cover designer)
Contributors
Colleen Cressman and Allison Brown
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics Copyright © 2019 by Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere; Douglas Giles; Ya-Yun (Sherry) Kao; Michael Klenk; Joseph Kranak; Kathryn MacKay; Jeffrey Morgan; Paul Rezkalla; George Matthews (Book Editor); and Christina Hendricks (Series Editor) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Philosophy
Additional Subject(s)
Ethics and moral philosophy
Publisher
Rebus Community
Publication Date
December 9, 2019
Ebook ISBN
978-1-989014-08-0
Print ISBN
978-1-989014-18-9