Description
An introductory textbook designed to support undergraduate students studying contemporary moral problems.
About the Author
Robert L. Holmes is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Rochester, USA. His main research is in philosophy of war, the ethics of nonviolence, and contemporary moral problems. He is the author of Pacifism (2016) Basic Moral Philosophy (2006) and On War and Morality (1989), co-author of Philosophical Inquiry (1968), and co-editor of Nonviolence in Theory and Practice (1990).
Reviews
Introduction to Applied Ethics is written in a clear and rigorous style, presenting and discussing the basic arguments in an exemplary way. * Ethical Perspectives *
Written with exemplary clarity and astonishing erudition, this textbook will become a standard against which other texts in applied ethics must be measured for decades to come. -- Predrag Cicovacki, Professor of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, USA
This is an excellent introduction to applied ethics: it is concise, rigorous and interestingly written. -- James Connelly, Professor of Political Theory, University of Hull
Book Information
ISBN 9781350029811
Author Professor Robert L. Holmes
Format Paperback
Page Count 552
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 838g