Conversations on ethics

Conversations on ethics / [interviews by] Alex Voorhoeve.

Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong? Are moral judgements objective? What reason do we have to do what is right and avoid doing what is wrong? In Conversations on Ethics, Alex Voorhoeve elicits answers to these questions from eleven outstanding philosophers and social scientists:...

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Main Author: Voorhoeve, Alex
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Philosophers > Interviews.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Ethics
Philosophers
Ethik
Philosoph
Interviews
Interview.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong? Are moral judgements objective? What reason do we have to do what is right and avoid doing what is wrong? In Conversations on Ethics, Alex Voorhoeve elicits answers to these questions from eleven outstanding philosophers and social scientists: Ken Binmore Philippa Foot Harry Frankfurt Allan Gibbard Daniel Kahneman Frances Kamm Alasdair MacIntyre T.M. Scanlon Peter Singer David Velleman Bernard Williams The exchanges are direct, open, and sharp, and give a clear account of these thinkers' core ideas about ethics. They also provide unique.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191550584
0191550582
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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