This volume, in its second fully updated and expanded edition, provides a comprehensive look at the foundational texts in ethics from antiquity to the present day. Specialist authors explain the ethical philosophical concepts of Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Hobbes, Kant, Mill, Rawls, Beauchamp and Childers, and Philippa Foot.
Contributions explore the theoretical underpinnings and argumentative structures of each of these approaches, and demonstrate their relevance to current ethical issues. At the end of each article, there are guiding questions to reflect on the content.This brief textbook is suitable for orientation, in-depth study, and guided preparation for ethics and philosophy exams.
