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" Ethics : "
Louis P. Pojman, Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point, James Fieser, University of Tennessee, Martin.
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BL
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843572
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Pojman, Louis P.
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Ethics : : discovering right and wrong /\ Louis P. Pojman, Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point, James Fieser, University of Tennessee, Martin.
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Eighth edition.
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Boston, MA :: Cengage Learning,, [2017]
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x, 261 pages ;; 24 cm
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1305584554
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: 9781305584556
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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What is ethics? -- Ethical relativism -- Moral objectivism -- Value and the quest for the good -- Social contract theory and the motive to be moral -- Egoism, self-interest, and altruism -- Utilitarianism -- Kant and deontological theories -- Virtue theory -- Biology and ethics -- Gender and ethics -- Religion and ethics -- The fact-value problem -- Moral realism and the challenge of skepticism.
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This book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the fundamental objectives and outlooks of ethical theory--
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Ethics.
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Ethics.
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170
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BJ1012.P65 2017
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Fieser, James
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