Description
Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. In this 'sparklingly clear' (Guardian) introduction to ethics, Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, showing us how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates.
Details
Released: Tue 15 Sep 2009
Catalogue Number: 0006317994
- Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
- Series: VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
- Academic Level: General Adult
- Continuations: Monograph Series, any
- Depth (m): 0.006
- Dewey: 170
- Height (m): 0.165
- Pages: 152
- Place Of Publication: Great Britain/British Isles
- Published Date: Tue 15 Sep 2009
- Weight (g): 136
- Width (m): 0.108
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