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Being Good

A Short Introduction to Ethics [Paperback]

by Simon Blackburn (, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Cambridge)

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      Simon Blackburn (, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Cambridge)

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      March 2002

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      It is not only in our dark hours that scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism dog ethics. Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, or sticking to duty, or insisting on our rights, we can be confused, or be paralysed by the fear that our principles are groundless. Many are afraid that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think, structures this short introduction around these and other threats to ethics. Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures, he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us. Then, turning to problems of life and death, he shows how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the sound-bite sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates. Finally he offers a critical tour of the ways the philosophical tradition has tried to provide foundations for ethics, from Plato and Aristotle through to contemporary debates.

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      • Author

        Simon Blackburn (, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Cambridge)

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        March 2002

      • Weight

        138g

      • Page Count

        172

      • Dimensions

        114 x 152 x 9 mm

      • ISBN

        9780192853776

      • ISBN-10

        0192853775

      • Eden Code

        4560870

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      • Author/Creator: Simon Blackburn (, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Cambridge)

      • ISBN: 9780192853776

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: March 2002

      • Weight: 138g

      • Dimensions: 114 x 152 x 9 mm

      • Eden Code: 4560870

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