Fundamentals of Ethics
![]() 176 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 Paperback ISBN: 9780878404087 (0878404082) December 1983 LC: 83-11693 Sales Rights: Only for sale in the U.S. and its dependencies, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, and the Philippines EXPLORE THIS TITLE Description |
Fundamentals of Ethics
John Finnis
Are we entitled to be confident that our moral judgements can be objective? Can they express insights into aspects of reality, rather than mere feelings, tastes, desires, decisions, upbringing, or conventions? Why must we consider some of our choices to be free, and how do our free choices matter? How far should our moral judgements be based on assessments of expected consequences? Can utilitarianism, and other consequentialist or proportionalist theories, be anything more than the rationalization of positions taken on other grounds? |