A Companion to Applied Ethics
Contributors: R. G. Frey (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: February 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 698
ISBN-13: 9781557865946
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Reference; Philosophy; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Ethics; History & Surveys - General; Applied ethics
First sentence: The term "applied ethics" and its synonym "practical ethics" came into use in the 1970s when philosophers and other academics began to address pressing moral problems in society and in professional ethics (especially medical ethics and business ethics).
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