9780199586127-0199586128-What Should I Do?: Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling

What Should I Do?: Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling

ISBN-13: 9780199586127
ISBN-10: 0199586128
Edition: 1
Author: Alexander George
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 212 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780199586127
ISBN-10: 0199586128
Edition: 1
Author: Alexander George
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 212 pages

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What Should I Do?: Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling (ISBN-13: 9780199586127 and ISBN-10: 0199586128), written by authors Alexander George, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Ethics & Morality (Philosophy, Good & Evil) books. You can easily purchase or rent What Should I Do?: Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Ethics & Morality books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.47.

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Life throws ethical questions at us every day, some momentous and difficult, some fairly trivial and easily worked out. To help the average person deal with such puzzling issues, the website AskPhilosophers.org brings together a panel of distinguished philosophers who use their knowledge of the history of philosophy, as well as their own life experiences and native ingenuity, to respond to questions sent in from all over the world.

What Should I Do? is a collection of some of the most interesting questions about ethics to have appeared on the website during its first five years. The questions addressed here come from young and old, from the educated to the barely schooled. The philosophers offer down-to-earth, often personal responses-indeed, stimulating, engaging, and candid conversations-that point readers in a helpful direction and refine further reflection. The book explores questions about how to behave toward one's friends, members of one's family, those we love, and even toward oneself. It looks at the moral dilemmas faced in professional relationships, in our treatment of animals, in our use of the environment, and even in our relation to God. Broadening still further, we find questions about the morality of a nation's actions, such as its right to punish its citizens or to wage war against other nations. Finally, the book considers some of the many questions people have about the nature of morality itself.

A delightfully fresh look at philosophical questions, What Should I Do? will encourage readers to think a bit more deeply about the moral questions they frequently encounter, and will provide them with the tools to do so.

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