Discovering Right and Wrong

by Louis P. Pojman, James Fieser

DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG, 8E is a conversational and non-dogmatic overview of ethical theory. Written by one of contemporary philosophy's top teachers and revised by a best selling author, this textbook even-handedly raises important ethical questions and challenges students to develop their own moral theories by applying them. This revision also presents an even broader presentation of various positions, featuring more feminist and multicultural perspectives as well. DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG, 8E begins with easy to read chapters that introduce questions of meta-ethics and major moral theories. Later chapters address special topics in personal and religious ethics as well as the most recent developments in moral theory, including a new chapter on Biology and Ethics. Study questions for each chapter, along with useful bibliographies, make grasping the material more accessible than ever.Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Genres: Philosophy

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Helena Jackson · Rating 1 out of 5]

another one for the page count

[Carrie Neal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sooooo, obviously I had to read this book for my college Ethic's class but I swear that is NOT why I rated the book so low. I rated it low because Ethical theories can be really hard to fully grasp already without adding in a bunch of convoluted garbage. I felt like this book rarely got to the point in a timely manner. It was endlessly confusing and definitely my least favorite text book of all times. Maybe it wasn't really written with the intention of being a text book, because I wish it would be rewritten by someone anticipating students to be able to read and fully grasp all the concepts.

[Samantha Cayan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very wordy. I learned a lot of information. May read again.

[Donald Brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall it's a pretty good introduction to ethics text. I've only used it for one course. It seems quite manageable for students to comprehend and its material seems to make itself quite easily applicable to everyday thinking about life. Of the two texts that I have taught out of this semester (Shafer-Landau's), I would say this is the one that I prefer. It leaves a lot of room for additional readings or other assignments to assign as well.