Moral philosophy: selected readings. / (Record no. 2931)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 015564070 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BJ 1012.M6352 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sher, George. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Moral philosophy: selected readings. / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | George Sher. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | U.S.A: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harkett Publishing Company, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1987. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vii, 712p.: |
| Dimensions | 24cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents -- Moral psychology and moral education: Psychological egoism -- Persons, character, and morality-- Moral saints -- The Alleged moral repugnance of acting from duty -- The Nature of moral virtue -- Indoctrination versus relativity in value education -- Moral education and indoctrination -- Skepticism about weakness of will -- Moral epistemology: Goodness as simple and indefinable -- Our intuitive knowledge of rights and wrong -- Ethical relativism -- The Emotive theory of ethics -- Ethics and observation -- The Subjectivity of values -- Moral explanations -- Outline of a decision procedure for ethics -- The Justification for being moral:The ring of Gyges -- Morality and self - interest -- Why act morally? -- Morality as a system of hypothetical imperatives -- Freedom and reason -- The Moral point of view -- normative ethics: Euthyphro -- Utilitarianism -- Toward a credible form of utilitarianism -- Classical utilitarianism -- Classical utilitarianism -- Morality and rationality -- Moral luck -- What makes right acts right? -- A theory of justice -- Existentialism is a Humanism -- Value and values: Pleasure as a the good -- The Experience machine -- The Good life -- What things are good? -- Beyond morality -- Rational life plans -- Desire, choice, and the good-- The Virtues, the unity of a human life and the concept of a tradition -- Application: Famine, affluence, and morality -- Lifeboat earth -- Intention, harm and personal discretion -- Political action: The Problem of dirty and -- Imposing risks upon others. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Philosophy. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | Reference | 02/06/2014 | BJ 1012.M6352 | 7552/580/13 | 02/06/2014 | 1 | 02/06/2014 | Books |