Manusia tidak dapat hidup tanpa nilai. Berdasarkan sistem nilai yang kita miliki dan dalam kenyataannya kita hayati, akhirnya kita membentuk identitas diri kita sebagai manusia dan bahkan menentukan nasib keabadian kita.
Etika merefleksikan bagaimana manusia harus hidup agar ia berhasil sebagai manusia. Karena itu tidak mengherankan bila semua filsuf besar menulis bidang etika. Buku ini memperkenalkan satu aliran dan dua belas pemikir etika paling utama dalam sejarah filsafat. Waktu yang tercakup menjangkau dua ribu empat ratus tahun, mulai dari Plato, raja filsuf dan tokoh terbesar filsafat Yunani kuno, sampai…
The Dalai Lama once wrote that the object of human existence was to be happy. This sounds extremely glib as happiness in the popular imagination is a feeling and in the words of the song 'the greatest gift that we possess'. On the other hand, von Hugel wrote 'Religion has never made me happy;it's no use shutting your eyes to the fact that the deeper you go, the more alone you will find yourself…
The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics is a lively and authoritative guide to current thought about ethical issues in all areas of human activity--personal, medical, sexual, social, political, judicial, and international, from the natural world to the world of business. Twenty-eight topics are covered in specially written surveys by leading figures in their fields: each gives an authoritative …
The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active areas of philosophical research and teaching today. Courses in ethics are taught in colleges and universities at all le…
The premier political philosopher of his day, John Rawls, in three decades of teaching at Harvard, has had a profound influence on the way philosophical ethics is approached and understood today. This book brings together the lectures that inspired a generation of students--and a regeneration of moral philosophy. It invites readers to learn from the most noted exemplars of modern moral philosop…