01904cam a22003498i 4500 22126446 KCU 20240807154754.0 m |o d | cr_||||||||||| 210703s2022 pau ob 001 0 eng 2022934668 9781509547388 171,990 UGX 150954738X DLC eng DLC KCU AACR2 pcc T58.5 170.23 23 ATT Attfield, Robin 2023 Author Applied ethics/ Robin Attfield 2110 Hoboken: Polity [2023] vi,218 p.; 24 cm text txt rdacontent Includes bibliographical references and index. Philosophy has provided us with a wealth of moral and ethical theories. Applied ethics is the study of practical moral issues and our best philosophical theories, and how each can inform the other. Acclaimed philosopher and textbook author Robin Attfield invites students to reflect on the key problems of our time. Through lively case studies of topics related to health care, international development, the environment, abortion, punishment and more, he reveals how standard ethical theories can be tested on these real-life scenarios and, if necessary, revised or discarded. Students are encouraged to be their own philosophers, exploring and reaching coherent stances across a wide range of areas of everyday concern. Covering a typical applied ethics syllabus in a comprehensive and accessible manner, Applied Ethics will motivate philosophy students to engage with the most pressing moral issues of the twenty-first century. motivate philosophy Moral and ethical aspects. Applied ethics. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 36698 36698 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC KCU/LIB/01 KCU/LIB/01 REF 2024-08-07 Purchased 2 170.23 ATT 3519 2025-07-17 11:30:40 2025-06-18 1 2024-08-07 BK