Overview
- Presents a rational approach to the pursuit of happiness
- Offers an accessible introduction to the often complicated field of ethics
- Explores the most important historical and timely ethical concepts as well as their foundations
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book offers a historical-systematic overview of the most important concepts of ethics, each of which is presented using three to four exemplary main representatives. Central quotations allow textual access to the respective position, which is explained compactly and clearly. With the title “The Good Life” the author points to the anthropological basis of all ethics. The book is interdisciplinary in nature, incorporating philosophical approaches as well as those from the fields of theology, biology, psychology, sociology, and politics. For the 2nd edition, the book will be expanded to include the chapter “Education - Pedagogical Ethics” and a chapter on universal human rights.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Good Life
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Ethics
Authors: Wolfgang Pleger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05969-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Stuttgart
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-476-05968-0Published: 22 October 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-476-05971-0Due: 22 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-476-05969-7Published: 21 October 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 348
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics