Ethics demystified
By: Micah Newman
Series: Demystified series; McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780071762755
Subjects: Ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: What philosophy is and how to do it. Philosophy: the intellectual pursuit and social activity; title: Logic and arguments in philosophy; title: Part 2: Ethical theory. Value theory: what really matters?; title: Normative ethics: what makes actions right or wrong?; title: Metaethic: what kinds of things are moral judgments?; title: Part 3: Applied ethics. Civil liberties; title: Abortion; title: Capital punishment; title: Torture; title: Euthanasia; title: Animal rights; title: Poverty and affluence; title: Affirmative action; title: Business ethics.