Moral Problems: A Coursebook For Schools and Colleges - Softcover

This is the real stuff of education --Times Educational Supplement

A book of outstanding merit --School Librarian

An excellent course-book which will be of value, not only to teachers familiar with these philosophical latitudes, but also to those who have the responsibility of teaching courses in ethics but have doubts about their knowledge and capacity for so doing. --Cogito

In this step-by-step introduction to the major ethical theories, this book aims to initiate the reader into the study of original texts. Over 20 extracts from primary source are provided, and each theory is clarified with an introduction and criticism. Exercises and essay questions draw out particular points, and a bibliography is included at the end of each chapter. The discussion sections, a particular feature of Michael Palmer's original philosophy course at Manchester Grammar School (the source for this book), link each theory to a contemporary issue, showing how philosophy is relevant to everyday life.