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1、EIGHTTHEORIESOFETHICSIsitpossibletostudyethicsobjectively,oraremoraljudgementsinevitablysubjective?Areancienttheoriesofethicsofanycontempo-raryrelevance?Whichethicaltheoryoffersthemostconvincingexpla-nationofhowbesttoliveone’slife?EightTheoriesofEthicsisacompr
2、ehensiveintroductiontothetheoriesofethicsencounteredbyfirst-timestudents.GordonGrahamintroducesthefundamentalconceptsthatunderpinethics,suchasrelativismandobjectivity,andthendevoteshisattentiontoeachoftheeightmajortheoriesofethics:•egoism•Kantianism•hedonism•u
3、tilitarianism•naturalismandvirtuetheory•contractualism•existentialism•religionThroughoutthebook,theexpositiondrawsonexamplesfromgreatmoralphilosopherssuchasAristotle,KantandMill,aswellascontemporarydebatesoverhumannature,theenvironmentandcitizenship.EightTheor
4、iesofEthicsiswritteninanengagingandstudent-friendlystyle,withdetailedsuggestionsforfurtherreadingattheendofeachchapter–includingoriginalsourcesandcontemporarydiscussions.Itisidealforanyonecomingtothisareaofphilosophyforthefirsttime,andforthosestudyingethicsinr
5、elateddisciplinessuchaspolitics,law,nursingandmedicine.GordonGrahamisRegiusProfessorofMoralPhilosophyattheUniversityofAberdeen.HeistheauthorofTheInternet:APhilosophicalInquiry(1999),PhilosophyoftheArts(secondedition,2000),andGenes:APhilosophicalInquiry(2002),a
6、llpublishedbyRoutledge.EIGHTTHEORIESOFETHICSGordonGrahamFirstpublished2004byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishe
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