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1、EIGHTTHEORIESOFETHICSIsitpossibletostudyethicsobjectively,oraremoraljudgementsinevitablysubjective?Areancienttheoriesofethicsofanycontempo-raryrelevance?Whichethicaltheoryoffersthemostconvincingexpla-nationofhowbesttoliveone’slife?EightTheoriesofEthicsisacomprehensiveintroductiontothet
2、heoriesofethicsencounteredbyfirst-timestudents.GordonGrahamintroducesthefundamentalconceptsthatunderpinethics,suchasrelativismandobjectivity,andthendevoteshisattentiontoeachoftheeightmajortheoriesofethics:•egoism•Kantianism•hedonism•utilitarianism•naturalismandvirtuetheory•contractuali
3、sm•existentialism•religionThroughoutthebook,theexpositiondrawsonexamplesfromgreatmoralphilosopherssuchasAristotle,KantandMill,aswellascontemporarydebatesoverhumannature,theenvironmentandcitizenship.EightTheoriesofEthicsiswritteninanengagingandstudent-friendlystyle,withdetailedsuggestio
4、nsforfurtherreadingattheendofeachchapter–includingoriginalsourcesandcontemporarydiscussions.Itisidealforanyonecomingtothisareaofphilosophyforthefirsttime,andforthosestudyingethicsinrelateddisciplinessuchaspolitics,law,nursingandmedicine.GordonGrahamisRegiusProfessorofMoralPhilosophyatt
5、heUniversityofAberdeen.HeistheauthorofTheInternet:APhilosophicalInquiry(1999),PhilosophyoftheArts(secondedition,2000),andGenes:APhilosophicalInquiry(2002),allpublishedbyRoutledge.EIGHTTHEORIESOFETHICSGordonGrahamFirstpublished2004byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypu
6、blishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2004.2004GordonGrahamAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechani
7、cal,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongress