Moral Reasons: An Introduction to Ethics and Critical Thinking

Distinguished by its readability and scope, Moral Reasons analyzes issues in moral and political philosophy with careful attention to the role of argumentation in the study of ethics. After a comprehensive overview of moral reasoning_including dozens of examples and exercises_Charles K. Fink guides readers through the theories and arguments of philosophers from Plato to Peter Singer, covering such diverse topics as moral skepticism, abortion, euthanasia, political authority, punishment and war. Ideal as a main text for courses on applied ethics or as a supplemental text for courses on social and political philosophy, this book offers one of the most diverse investigations of moral philosophy there is to date.

• | Author: Charles K. Fink
• | Publisher: University Press of America
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0761839216
• | ISBN-13: 9780761839217