Written in a conversational style and encouraging readers to reach their own ethical judgments, Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings, and Contemporary Issues is a text/reader that looks at both theory and contemporary issues from a variety of perspectives. The book contains significant selections from primary sources from a variety of influential ethical perspectives ―Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, Darwin, and Baier, among others―helping readers to explore the actual writings of important philosophical figures and gain a sense of their systems and distinctive styles. Readings range from familiar contemporary problems such as euthanasia and the death penalty to ethical issues in war. A wealth of examples throughout illustrate abstract philosophical ideas, facilitate readers' understanding.
Written in a conversational style and encouraging readers to reach their own ethical judgments, Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings, and Contemporary Issues is a text/reader that looks at both theory and contemporary issues from a variety of perspectives. The book contains significant selections from primary sources from a variety of influential ethical perspectives -Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, Darwin, and Baier, among others-helping readers to explore the actual writings of important philosophical figures and gain a sense of their systems and distinctive styles. Readings range from familiar contemporary problems such as euthanasia and the death penalty to ethical issues in war. A wealth of examples throughout illustrate abstract philosophical ideas, facilitate readers' understanding.