{"product_id":"applied-ethics-paperback","title":"Applied Ethics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid S. Oderberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e focuses the central concepts of traditional morality - rights, justice, the good, virtue, and the fundamental value of human life - on a number of pressing contemporary problems, including abortion, euthanasia, animals, capital punishment, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent years have seen the revival of the application of moral philosophy to contemporary practical problems, and a corresponding explosion of books on the subject. Most of these books, however, defend approaches that are consequentialist or specifically utilitarian in nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, and its companion volume \u003ci\u003eMoral Theory, \u003c\/i\u003e provide a viable alternative to consequentialist orthodoxy. \u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e focuses the central concepts of traditional morality - rights, justice, the good, virtue, and the fundamental value of human life - on a number of pressing contemporary problems, including abortion, euthanasia, animals, capital punishment, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoral Theory, \u003c\/i\u003e make an important contribution to contemporary ethical debates, which will be useful both to undergraduates and professional philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid S. Oderberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. A graduate of the Universities of Melbourne and Oxford, he is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysics of Identity over Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); co-editor, with Jacqueline A. Laing, of \u003ci\u003eHuman Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and editor of \u003ci\u003eForm and Matter: Themes in Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.05 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408701669554,"sku":"9780631219057","price":104.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9480c4ddde7f9e15eb120b3876f07fd0.webp?v=1778250904","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/applied-ethics-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}