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Author : John M. Rist
Release : 2002
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 088/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Real Ethics by : John M. Rist
Download or read book Real Ethics written by John M. Rist. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2001 book is a powerful defence of an ethical theory based on a revised version of Platonic realism.
Author : Ronald Arthur Howard
Release : 2008
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 062/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ethics for the Real World by : Ronald Arthur Howard
Download or read book Ethics for the Real World written by Ronald Arthur Howard. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work focuses on one of ethics' most insidious problems: the inability to make clear and consistent choices in everyday life. The practical tools and techniques in this book can help readers design a set of personal standards, based on sound ethical reasoning, for reducing everyday compromises.
Author : Joshua Halberstam
Release : 1994-04-01
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 586/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Everyday Ethics by : Joshua Halberstam
Download or read book Everyday Ethics written by Joshua Halberstam. This book was released on 1994-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The perfect handbook for understanding what constitutes moral relations with friends, enemies, and one’s own self.” —Booklist In an age when most of us spend more time thinking about what movie we’ll see than about how we want to lead our lives, nothing could be more timely and helpful than Everyday Ethics. In this refreshingly original book, Joshua Halberstam shows us how to develop a moral imagination—and have fun while doing it. Halberstam demolishes the clichés of both religion and psychotherapy and entices us into looking at the small actions that make up the big picture of our character and values. Should we really refrain from making judgments? Should we let our conscience be our guide even if it urges us not to pay our taxes? Halberstam has something intriguing to say about these and many other issues. Witty and entertaining, Everyday Ethics is the moral equivalent of an aerobic dance session, as exhilarating as it is instructive.
Author : James R. Otteson
Release : 2006-06-19
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 101/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Actual Ethics by : James R. Otteson
Download or read book Actual Ethics written by James R. Otteson. This book was released on 2006-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actual Ethics offers a moral defense of the 'classical liberal' political tradition and applies it to several of today's vexing moral and political issues. James Otteson argues that a Kantian conception of personhood and an Aristotelian conception of judgment are compatible and even complementary. He shows why they are morally attractive, and perhaps most controversially, when combined, they imply a limited, classical liberal political state. Otteson then addresses several contemporary problems - wealth and poverty, public education, animal welfare, and affirmative action - and shows how each can be plausibly addressed within the Kantian, Aristotelian and classical liberal framework. Written in clear, engaging, and jargon-free prose, Actual Ethics will give students and general audiences an overview of a powerful and rich moral and political tradition that they might not otherwise consider.
Author : Alenka Zupančič
Release : 2000
Genre : Ethics
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Book Rating : 244/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ethics of the Real by : Alenka Zupančič
Download or read book Ethics of the Real written by Alenka Zupančič. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of Kantian ethics is both simple and revolutionary: it proposes a moral law independent of any notion of a pre-establishment of fear. In attempting to interpret sucha a revcolutionary proposition in a more 'humane' light, and to turn Kant into our contemporary—someone who can help us with our own ethical dilemmas—many Kantian scholars have glossed over its apparent paradoxes and impossible claims. This book is concerned with doing exactly the opposite. Kant, thank God, is not our contemporary; he stands against the grain of our times. Lacan on the face of it appears to be the very antithesis of Kant—the wild theorist of psychoanalysis compared to the sober Enlightenment figure. His concept of the Real, however, provides perhaps the most useful backdrop to this new interpretation of Kantian ethics. Constantly juxtaposing her readings of the two philosophers, Alenka Zupancic summons up and 'ethics of the Real', and clears the ground for a radical restoration of the disruptive element in ethics.
