Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains 34 contemporary selections on morality and theory of value, emphasizing value theory, meta-ethics and normative ethics. It can serve as the main text for undergraduate and graduate courses on contemporary ethical theory, moral philosophy and theory of value. Its selections are essentially non-technical and thus accessible to a wide range of readers, including advanced undergraduates, from various disciplines. The book's selections fall under six main topics: concepts of goodness; what things are good?; virtues and ethics; realism vs. anti-realism; value and obligation; and the value and meaning of life.
