Being Good

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 soundbite-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.

First sentence: For many people, ethics is not only tied up with religion, but is completely settled by it.

Year

2001

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Editions

4

Pages

172

ISBN

9780192853776

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