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Ethics: a Very Short Introduction
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Ethics: a Very Short Introduction Paperback - 2003

by Blackburn, Simon

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  • Title Ethics: a Very Short Introduction
  • Author Blackburn, Simon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 152
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date May 8, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5621481-6
  • ISBN 9780192804426 / 0192804421
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 4.2 x 6.8 x 0.5 in (10.67 x 17.27 x 1.27 cm)
  • Reading level 1150
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003270965
  • Dewey Decimal Code 170

From the publisher

Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. In this clear introduction to ethics Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, showing us how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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About the author

Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Until recently he was Edna J. Doury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, and from 1969 to 1999 a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford. His books include Spreading the Word (1984), Essays in Quasi-Realism (1993), The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994), Ruling Passions (1998), and Truth (co-edited with Keith Simmons, 1999), and the best-selling Think (1999). He edited the journal Mind from 1984 to 1990.

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