Ethics at 3:AM: Questions and Answers on how to Live WellRichard Marshall Oxford University Press, 2017 - Broj stranica: 343 What do ethicists and moral philosophers really think about? What are the most pressing concerns in the discipline today? This collection of interviews with a range of interesting and original thinkers in the field provides a snapshot of contemporary ethics in all its complexity and nuance. It contains 26 probing interviews conducted by Richard Marshall of the cultural magazine 3AM, each consisting of a carefully condensed version of the interview, preceded by a brief biography of the interview subject. Marshall's questions are deeply knowledgeable while always accessible to the layperson, and the interviewees respond in kind with rich and opinionated responses. The result is a deeply engaging entr e into the state of ethics today. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Section 1 MetaEthics | 7 |
Section 2 Normative Ethics | 99 |
Section 3 Applied Ethics | 207 |
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