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Title What should I do? : philosophers on the good, the bad, and the puzzling / edited by Alexander George ; with Elisa Mai.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  170 GEORGE    Check Shelf
Description x, 212 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index.
Summary What Should I Do? is a collection of some of the most interesting questions about ethics to have appeared on the website during its first five years. The questions addressed here come from young and old, from the educated to the barely schooled. The philosophers offer down-to-earth, often personal responses--indeed, stimulating, engaging, and candid conversations--that point readers in a helpful direction and refine further reflection. The book explores questions about how to behave toward one's friends, members of one's family, those we love, and even toward oneself. It looks at the moral dilemmas faced in professional relationships, in our treatment of animals, in our use of the environment, and even in our relation to God. Broadening still further, we find questions about the morality of a nation's actions, such as its right to punish its citizens or to wage war against other nations. Finally, the book considers some of the many questions people have about the nature of morality itself.
Subject Applied ethics.
Ethical problems.
Added Author George, Alexander.
Mai, Elisa.
ISBN 9780199586127 paperback
0199586128 paperback
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