Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction To Moral Philosophy

By Tom L. Beauchamp

Book Overview

This accessible overview of classical and modern moral theory with short readings provides comprehensive coverage of ethics and unique coverage of rights, justice, liberty and law. Real-life cases introduce each chapter. While the book's content is theoretical rather than applied ethics, Beauchamp consistently applies the theories to practical moral problems. Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill are at the books core and they are placed in the context of moral philosophical controversies of the last 30 years. In this edition one-third of the reading selections are new and all the selections in chapter 8 on rights are new. Chapter 7 on Hume has been heavily reshaped. Chapter 1 has been reduced to get students past introductory material and into the philosophers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070042039
• ISBN13: 9780070042032
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Good discussion of various aspects of philosophical ethics.

Excellent text for Ethics courses

This updated edition of PE continues to be an excellent presentation of ethical theory. The changes I suspect reflect suggestions from instructors using previous editions. It has the quality and depth from before but shows the advantage of being used in many ethics courses. It is improved as a result. In a relatively small text it is still jam-packed with a great range of vocabulary with sterling excerpts from historical and contemporary philosophers. Theories are described and then exemplified. Students should be good readers to use this text.