Applied Ethics and Social Problems: Moral Questions of Birth, Society and Death
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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- ISBN: 978-1-86134-859-3
- EAN: 9781861348593
- Produktnummer: 16423288
- Verlag: Policy Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.0 cm 454 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 454
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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