Tony Fitzpatrick
Applied Ethics and Social Problems: Moral Questions of Birth, Society and Death
Buch
Applied ethics designed to address practical questions is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy. Yet the relevance of ethical theories to social policy has been under-explored until now. Having written key texts on social and political theories of welfare, Tony Fitzpatrick now turns his attention to moral philosophy. Applied Ethics and Social Problems presents an introduction to the three most influential moral philosophies Consequentialism, Kantianism, and Virtue Ethics. It then relates these to some of the most urgent questions in contemporary public debates about the future of welfare services. As a user-friendly interv…
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Applied ethics designed to address practical questions is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy. Yet the relevance of ethical theories to social policy has been under-explored until now. Having written key texts on social and political theories of welfare, Tony Fitzpatrick now turns his attention to moral philosophy. Applied Ethics and Social Problems presents an introduction to the three most influential moral philosophies Consequentialism, Kantianism, and Virtue Ethics. It then relates these to some of the most urgent questions in contemporary public debates about the future of welfare services. As a user-friendly intervention into these key debates, Applied Ethics and Social Problems will set the agenda for years to come. It looks at a range of social and moral problems including euthanasia, parental choice in schools, abortion, and state intervention in health. This book is like no other. Never before has there been such a rigorous overview of moral phil
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-86134-860-9
- EAN: 9781861348609
- Produktnummer: 33500555
- Verlag: Policy Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.8 cm 567 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 567
Über den Autor
Tony Fitzpatrick is a reader at the University of Nottingham. His recent publications include After the new social democracy (2003), New theories of welfare (2005) and he was the principal editor of the three-volume International encyclopaedia of social policy (2006).
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