The Fundamentals of Ethics, Russ ShaferLandau
The Fundamentals of Ethics, Russ ShaferLandau
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The Fundamentals of Ethics

Author: Russ Shafer-Landau

Narrator: Jason Leikam

Unabridged: 15 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/23/2022


Synopsis

In The Fundamentals of Ethics, Fifth Edition, author Russ Shafer-Landau employs a uniquely engaging writing style to introduce students to the essential ideas of moral philosophy. Offering more comprehensive coverage of the good life, normative ethics, and metaethics than any other text of its
kind, this book also addresses issues that are often omitted from other texts, such as the doctrine of doing and allowing, the doctrine of double effect, ethical particularism, the desire-satisfaction theory of well-being, moral error theory, and Ross's theory of prima facie duties. Shafer-Landau
carefully reconstructs and analyzes dozens of arguments in depth, at a level that is understandable to students with no prior philosophical background.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adam on June 06, 2020

Without reading other reviews for this book, I probably would have given it 4 stars. The hate this book is receiving is unjust. It's actually almost comical because a bunch of people reading it - presumably interested in philosophy - cannot produce a rational review. The bottom line is this book doe......more

Goodreads review by Rui Carlos on May 02, 2015

Reading over the reviews of those who dislike this book and yet offer no other books on ethics as ones they favor makes me wonder why people waste their breath and time to complain about a book they chose to read in the first place. It's a good introduction to ethics with excellent use of vocabulary......more

Goodreads review by Tatiana on April 05, 2024

(Read the 6th edition but it’s not on goodreads yet) Very good introduction to different ethical theories! Very accessible, fun, and easy to read. It’s not exactly what I was expecting to use for an academic course because of its more casual style, but it was great. Its explanations of theories is ve......more

Goodreads review by Tobi on October 07, 2023

3.5 really well written but so really boring when you read the whole thing in one go. would be perfect for reference though......more

Goodreads review by Abhiraj on July 27, 2022

Definitely, one of the better introductions to ethics I've read till date. Clearly explains a lot of complicated concepts and that's saying something for an intro.......more