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Fundamentals of Ethics

[Paperback]

by J.M. Finnis

    • Author

      J.M. Finnis

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Georgetown University Press

    • Published

      December 1983

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      Fundamentals of Ethics

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      The main theme of this book is the challenge to ethics from philosophical scepticism and from contemporary forms of consequentialism. But in seeking to meet this challenge, the book develops a sustained philosophical argument about many of the central questions of ethics. It reviews classical positions, and challenges some long-influential interpretations of those positions. It also revies and participates in some recent developments and controversies in Anglo-American ethical theory. The activity of ethical theorizing itself is shown to be a matter of free and intelligent decision, in pursuit of an intelligible good; it thus provides a test case for any ethical theory.

      Many people have questions they need to find answers for and this book explores some fundamental questions such as;

      - Are we entitled to be confident that our moral judgments can be objective?
      - Can they express insights into aspects of reality, rather than mere feelings, tastes, desires, decisions, upbringing, or conventions?
      - Why must we consider some of our choices to be free, and how do our free choices matter?
      - How far should our moral judgments be based on assessments of expected consequences?
      - Can utilitarianism, and other consequentialist or proportionalist theories, be anything more than the rationalization of positions taken on other grounds?

      Specification

      • Author

        J.M. Finnis

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Georgetown University Press

      • Published

        December 1983

      • Weight

        237g

      • Page Count

        173

      • Dimensions

        137 x 216 x 14 mm

      • ISBN

        9780878404087

      • ISBN-10

        0878404082

      • Eden Code

        1197718

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      • Author/Creator: J.M. Finnis

      • ISBN: 9780878404087

      • Publisher: Georgetown University Press

      • Release Date: December 1983

      • Weight: 237g

      • Dimensions: 137 x 216 x 14 mm

      • Eden Code: 1197718


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