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Description for Ethics
Paperback. Analyzes twenty ethical issues that address education and culture, labor and economy, democracy and cosmopolitanism and life and death. In this book each chapter describes a concrete example showing the relevance of the fundamental ethical question. It provides an explanation between personal, professional, and institutional ethics. Translator(s): McNeil, Brian. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
In the twenty-first century the basic questions of ethics are no longer the abstract terms of ethical theory, but the concrete and burning issues related to the influence of life sciences, the impact of a globalized economy, and the consequences of present decisions for the future of humankind. Ethics: The Fundamental Questions of Our Lives analyzes twenty ethical issues that address education and culture, labor and economy, the environment and sustainability, democracy and cosmopolitanism, peace and war, and life and death. Each chapter describes a concrete example showing the relevance of the fundamental ethical question, then provides an explanation of ... Read more
In the twenty-first century the basic questions of ethics are no longer the abstract terms of ethical theory, but the concrete and burning issues related to the influence of life sciences, the impact of a globalized economy, and the consequences of present decisions for the future of humankind. Ethics: The Fundamental Questions of Our Lives analyzes twenty ethical issues that address education and culture, labor and economy, the environment and sustainability, democracy and cosmopolitanism, peace and war, and life and death. Each chapter describes a concrete example showing the relevance of the fundamental ethical question, then provides an explanation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626161658
SKU
V9781626161658
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Ref
99-50
About Wolfgang Huber
Wolfgang Huber is a German theologian and ethicist who was professor of systematic theology at the University of Heidelberg and, later, bishop of the Evangelical Church in Germany. He retired in 2009 and is an Honorary Professor at Stellenbosch University. Huber is the author and editor of numerous books, including Violence: The Unrelenting Assault on Human Dignity and Christian Belief. ... Read more
Reviews for Ethics
Far from being a rehash of the old questions with a moralistic tone, the author offers fresh comments along with just enough background for the average reader to feel comfortable... This remarkable volume reflects the wisdom and experience of an elder who is steeped in social justice with much of value to offer this generation. Catholic Books Review