Being good
Subtitle: an introduction to ethics
By: Simon Blackburn.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Ethics
Description: Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think, structures this short introduction around these and other threats to ethics. Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us. Then, turning to problems of life and death, he shows how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates. Finally he offers a critical tour of the ways the philosophical tradition has tried to provide foundations for ethics, from Plato and Aristotle through to contemporary debates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159) and index.