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Contemporary Ethics: Taking Account of Utilitarianism
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Contemporary Ethics: Taking Account of Utilitarianism Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition

by Shaw, William

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  • Title Contemporary Ethics: Taking Account of Utilitarianism
  • Author Shaw, William
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 324
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Malden and Oxford
  • Date 1999-01-07
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0631202943.G
  • ISBN 9780631202943 / 0631202943
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.05 x 6.03 x 0.98 in (22.99 x 15.32 x 2.49 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Utilitarianism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-28672
  • Dewey Decimal Code 171.5

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The sad but famous case of Karen Ann Quinlan posed a dramatic moral question, one which most people had not previously considered.

From the rear cover

Aimed at undergraduates, Contemporary Ethics presupposes little or no familiarity with ethics and is written in a clear and engaging style.

It provides students with a sympathetic but critical guide to utilitarianism, explaining its different forms and exploring the debates it has spawned. The book leads students through a number of current issues in contemporary ethics that are connected to controversies over and within utilitarianism. At the same time, it uses utilitarianism to introduce students to ethics as a subject.

In these ways, the book is not only a guide to utilitarianism, but also an introduction to some standard problems of ethics and to several important topics in contemporary ethical theory.

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About the author

William H. Shaw is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at San Jose State University. The author of Business Ethics, Moore on Right and Wrong, and Marx's Theory of History, he was a Fulbright fellow at the University of Zimbabwe and a von Humboldt fellow at the Freie Universit Berlin.