The fundamentals of ethics / Russ Shafer-Landau, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Main Author:	Shafer-Landau, Russ (Author)
Subjects:	Ethics.
Format:	Book

The fundamentals of ethics /

Table of Contents:

Hedonism: its powerful appeal
Is happiness all that matters?
Getting what you want
Problems for the Desire Theory
Morality and religion
Natural law
Psychological egoism
Ethical egoism
Consequentialism: its nature and attraction
Consequentialism: its difficulties
The Kantian perspective: fairness and justice
The Kantian perspective: autonomy and respect
The social contract tradition: the theory and its attractions
The social contract tradition: problems and prospects
Ethical pluralism and absolute moral rules
Ethical pluralism: prima facie duties and ethical particularism
Virtue ethics
Feminist ethics
Ethical relativism
Moral nihilism
Eleven arguments against moral objectivity.