Formal Ethics focuses on the golden rule (“Treat others as you want to be treated”) and other formal ethical principles (like “Be logically consistent in your beliefs,” “Follow your conscience,” and “Make similar evaluations about similar cases”). The book formulates such principles clearly, defends them from various perspectives on the foundations of ethics, and shows how to use them to reason about practical problems (like racism and moral education). While addressed to specialists in moral philosophy and logic, the book’s simple language and practical relevance make it suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. There is an associated Web site featuring computer exercises at: http://www.routledge.com/routledge/philosophy/fe_main.html
Formal Ethics
Formal Ethics focuses on the golden rule (“Treat others as you want to be treated”) and other formal ethical principles (like “Be logically consistent in your beliefs,” “Follow your conscience,” and “Make similar evaluations about similar cases”). The book formulates such principles clearly, defends them from various perspectives on the foundations of ethics, and shows how to use them to reason about practical problems (like racism and moral education). While addressed to specialists in moral philosophy and logic, the book’s simple language and practical relevance make it suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. There is an associated Web site featuring computer exercises at: http://www.routledge.com/routledge/philosophy/fe_main.html