Moral Theory - (Elements of Philosophy) 3rd Edition by Mark Timmons (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Moral Theory explores historically important and currently debated moral theories, including divine command theory, relativism, natural law theory, consequentialism, egoism, Kant's ethics, ethics of prima facie duties, and virtue and care ethics.
- About the Author: Mark Timmons is professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona.
- 368 Pages
- Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Series Name: Elements of Philosophy
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About the Book
Moral Theory explores historically important and currently debated moral theories, including divine command theory, relativism, natural law theory, consequentialism, egoism, Kant's ethics, ethics of prima facie duties, and virtue and care ethics. The third edition features a n...Book Synopsis
Moral Theory explores historically important and currently debated moral theories, including divine command theory, relativism, natural law theory, consequentialism, egoism, Kant's ethics, ethics of prima facie duties, and virtue and care ethics. The third edition features a new chapter on contractualism and an updated guide to terminology.
Review Quotes
Like its predecessors, this third edition of Moral Theory offers a well-focused, clear account of moral theories. In a philosophical area marked by the tendency to speak in terms of abstract concepts and isms, Timmons makes frequent, effective use of particular cases, stories, and examples to illustrate the moral theory under discussion.... Throughout, Timmons is careful to present a balanced view of the theory--he mentions both the attractive points and the potential negative points of the theory in question. A useful appendix provides standards for evaluating moral theories. Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.
The best thing about Moral Theory might be that it clearly sets forth major aims of moral theory, derives some standards by which to assess moral theories from those aims, and then explicitly applies those standards to the moral theories explained."
The organization in Moral Theory: An Introduction is simply excellent. The framework for the book connects the whole together and the scope is better than other comparable texts I've seen.
About the Author
Mark Timmons is professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona. He has published extensively on topics in moral theory, metaethics, and Kant's ethics. He is author of Morality without Foundations (1999), Kant's Doctrine of Virtue: A Guide (2021) and editor of the annual Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics.
