Intelligent Person's Guide to Ethics, An
Debates several difficult moral issues, exploring the nature of ethics and the ways that we make moral decisions. This book explains how to distinguish right from wrong in areas ranging from euthanasia and abortion, Down's Syndrome and education, to genetic engineering.
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| NBS Text |
History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
208 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 122mm
Height: 174mm
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| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
170 |
| Catalogue Code |
49269 |
Description of this Book
Mary Warnock debates today's most difficult moral issues, exploring the nature of ethics and the ways that we make moral decisions. She explains how to distinguish right from wrong in areas ranging from euthanasia and abortion, Down's Syndrome and education, to genetic engineering. Drawing on remarkably lucid examples from her personal and political life, Lady Warnock illustrates difficult cases to support her points, clarifying her standpoint in relation to the philosophers of ethics in a concise and thought-provoking way.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
'This book will serve as an excellent introduction to ethical study, and is also an impassioned and moving summary of Warnock's own lifelong dedication to ethical thinking' Alain de Botton, The Guardian 'This is a wise, earnest, moving book... No wonder the blurb calls it 'controversial'. It must certainly raise eyebrows among the enlightened' Robert Grant, The Times |
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Author's Bio
Mary Warnock is an eminent philosopher and author with a distinguished career. She has been fellow and tutor in philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford; headmistress of Oxford High School; and mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. She has a high public profile, appearing frequently on television and radio. She lives in Marlborough, in Wiltshire.
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