Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics

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Simon Blackburn ist ein englischer akademischer Philosoph, der für seine Arbeit in der Metaethik, wo er den Quasi-Realismus verteidigt, und in der Sprachphilosophie bekannt ist; In jüngerer Zeit hat er durch seine Bemühungen, die Philosophie zu popularisieren, ein großes allgemeines Publikum gewonnen. Er ging 2011 als Professor für Philosophie an der University of Cambridge in den Ruhestand, bleibt aber ein angesehener Forschungsprofessor für Philosophie an der University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill und unterrichtet jedes Herbstsemester. Er ist außerdem Fellow des Trinity College, Cambridge, und Mitglied der Professur des New College of the Humanities. Zuvor war er Fellow des Pembroke College, Oxford, und hat außerdem als Edna J. Koury-Professor Vollzeit an der University of North Carolina gelehrt. Er ist ein ehemaliger Präsident der Aristotelian Society und diente der Amtszeit 2009–2010. Er wurde 2002 zum Fellow der British Academy und 2008 zum Foreign Honorary Fellow der American Academy of Arts & Sciences gewählt.

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Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics pdf von Simon Blackburn

Writing with wit and elegance, Simon Blackburn tackles the basic questions of ethics in this lively book, highlighting the complications and troubling issues that spring from the very simple question of how we ought to live. Blackburn dissects the many common reasons for why we are skeptical about ethics. Drawing on examples from history, politics, religion and everyday personal experience, he shows how cynicism and self-consciousness can paralyze us into considering ethics a hopeless pursuit. He assures us that ethics is neither futile nor irrelevant, but an intimate part of the most important issues of living-of birth, death, happiness, desire, freedom, pleasure, and justice. Indeed, from moral dilemmas about abortion and euthanasia, to our obsession with personal rights, to our longing for a sense of meaning in life, our everyday struggles are rife with ethical issues. Blackburn distills the arguments of Hume, Kant and Aristotle down to their essences, to underscore the timeless relevance of our voice of conscience, the pitfalls of complacency, and our concerns about truth, knowledge and human progress. Blackburn's rare combination of depth, rigor, and sparkling prose, along with his distinguished ranking among contemporary philosophers, mark Being Good as an important statement on our current disenchantment with ethics. It challenges us to take a more thoughtful reading of our ethical climate and to ponder more carefully our own standards of behavior.

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