Ethics : inventing right and wrong / J.L. Mackie.
- Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie)
- Date:
- 1977
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1977.
Physical description
249 pages ; 18 cm.
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Contents
Part I. The status of ethics -- The subjectivity of values -- The meaning of 'God' -- Obligations and Reasons -- Universalism -- Part II. The content of ethics -- The object of morality -- Utilitarianism -- Consequentialism and Deontology -- Elements of a practical morality -- Part III. Frontiers of ethics -- Determinism, responsibility, and choice -- Religion, law, and politics.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Location Status Access Closed storesM13392
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ISBN
- 0140219579
- 9780140219579