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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100813308461
ISBN-139780813308463
eBay Product ID (ePID)1024570
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNormative Ethics
SubjectEthics & Moral Philosophy, General
Publication Year1997
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorShelly Kagan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-030631
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal170/.44
Table Of ContentPreliminaries -- Factors -- The Good -- Doing Harm -- Other Constraints -- Further Factors -- Foundations -- Teleological Foundations -- Deontological Foundations -- Suggested Readings
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisProviding a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an act's rightness or wrongness in light of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. Shelly Kagan offers a division between moral factors and theoretical foundations that reflects the actual working practices of contemporary moral philosophers.The first half of the book presents a systematic survey of the basic normative factors, focusing on controversial questions concerning the precise content of each factor, its scope and significance, and its relationship to other factors. The second half of the book then examines the competing theories about the foundations of normative ethics, theories that attempt to explain why the basic normative factors have the moral significance that they do.Intended for upper-level or graduate students of philosophy, this book should also appeal to the general reader looking for a clearly written overview of the basic principles of moral philosophy., Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an act's rightness or wrongness in terms of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. She