Understanding Human Goods
A Theory of Ethics
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:1st May '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The human world is alive with different sorts of goods - the multifarious things we all see as worth achieving or celebrating by our action and in our living. Timothy Chappell argues that we can't live well, still less think well about ethics, if we don't properly understand these issues. Venturing into new ground, he surveys the central topics in philosophy, providing an historical and philosophical map of the major themes. From utilitarianism, Kantianism, virtue ethics, personal identity, Parfitian reductionism, animals, abortion and euthanasia, to free will and the meaning of life itself, he takes us on an original and thought-provoking journey through ethics.
Chappell's book gives an original and highly plausible approach to normative ethics. It deserves to be taken seriously by professionals in moral philosophy. Philosophers dealing with the problem of evil could also learn much from it. -- Harry J Gensler
Chappell's book gives an original and highly plausible approach to normative ethics. It deserves to be taken seriously by professionals in moral philosophy. Philosophers dealing with the problem of evil could also learn much from it. -- Harry J Gensler
A serious contribution to moral philosophy. I am most impressed by Chappell's originality andargumentative clarity. -- Stephen Priest
A serious contribution to moral philosophy. I am most impressed by Chappell's originality andargumentative clarity. -- Stephen Priest
ISBN: 9780748610280
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 338g
256 pages