Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781405133456
Year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 720


Description:
Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in
philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political
life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken
together, the essays in this volume ? including two overview
essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics
? provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing
moral questions facing us today.


Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant
problems of practical ethics

Offers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical,
environmental, legal, social, and business ethics

Written by major philosophers presently engaged with these
complex and profound ethical issues