Ethics - PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy - Research Guides at Eastern Michigan University

Finding Articles & Books about Ethics

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Subjects: Philosophy, Business Ethics
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Introductory Books about Ethics

An Introduction to Ethics by J. Deigh
Call Number: BJ1012 .D43 2010; Third Level
Publication Date: 2010
Core chapters cover egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant's moral theory, and existentialist ethics. Includes a guide on how philosophical inquiry is undertaken.
Ethics for Everyone: a Skills-based Approach by L. Churchill
Publication Date: 2020
Orients ethics around the skills that are needed for sound ethical reflection and deliberation, acknowledging that ethical issues change as we change, and their concerns extend over a lifespan. Draws from literature, as well as philosophical and religious writings.
Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms our Ethics by J. Enriquez
Publication Date: 2020
Reflects on the evolution of ethics in a technological age.
Moral Acrobatics: How we Avoid Ethical Ambiguity by Thinking in Black and White by P. Rochat
Publication Date: 2021
Proposes that as members of a uniquely symbolic and self-conscious species aware of its own mortality, we develop uncanny abilities toward lying and self-deception.
The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics by S. Gardiner
Publication Date: 2017
Contains forty-five essays regarding the history, analysis, and prospect of ideas that are essential to contemporary environmental ethics.