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The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics
About This Book
The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics offers the definitive guide to this key area of contemporary philosophy. Covering all the fundamental questions asked by meta-ethics and normative ethical theory, thirteen specially commissioned chapters from an international team of experts explore the central ideas, terms and case studies in the field, and new directions in ethics as a whole. Now available in paperback, the Companion to Ethics covers issues such as moral methodology, moral realism, ethical expressivism, constructivism and the error theory, morality and practical reason, moral psychology, morality and religion, consequentialism, Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, moral particularism, experimental ethics, and biology, evolution and ethics. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including key technical terms, a historical chronology, a detailed list of internet resources for research in ethics, and a thorough list of recommended works for further study, this is the essential resource for anyone studying, researching and writing in contemporary philosophical ethics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- HalfTitle
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface: How to Use this Book, the Intended Audience, and Acknowledgments
- Overview of Contemporary Metaethics and Normative Ethical Theory
- Chronology of Ethics
- Methodological Issues: Reflective Equilibrium
- Important Technical Terms in Ethics
- Part I Central Topics in Ethics
- Part II: New Directions in Ethics
- Part III: Additional Resources
- Notes
- Index