The Practice of Ethics
Hugh Lafollette
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Description for The Practice of Ethics
Paperback. The Practice of Ethics is an outstanding guide to the burgeoning field of applied ethics, and offers a coherent narrative that is both theoretically and pragmatically grounded for framing practical issues. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
The Practice of Ethics is an outstanding guide to the burgeoning field of applied ethics, and offers a coherent narrative that is both theoretically and pragmatically grounded for framing practical issues.
- Discusses a broad range of contemporary issues such as racism, euthanasia, animal rights, and gun control.
- Argues that ethics must be put into practice in order to be effective.
- Draws upon relevant insights from history, psychology, sociology, law and biology, as well as philosophy.
- An excellent companion to LaFollette's authoritative anthology, Ethics in Practice: An Anthology, Third Edition (Blackwell, 2006).
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631219453
SKU
V9780631219453
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99-50
About Hugh Lafollette
Hugh LaFollette is Marie and Leslie E. Cole Chair in Ethics, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He is author of Personal Relationships: Love, Identity, and Morality (Blackwell, 1995), co-author of Brute Science: The Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation (1996), and editor of several other volumes, including The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory (Blackwell, 1999) and Ethics in Practice: An Anthology ... Read more
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