Teaching ethics with three philosophical novels. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Boylan.
• Authors: Boylan, Michael, 1952-
• Contents: Introduction: Using Fiction to teach Philosophical Ethics.- Part One: A very short textbook on ethics with primary readings.- Chapter One: First Order Metaethical Principles: Boylan's Philosophical Work on Ethics and Personhood Theory.- Chapter Two: Virtue Ethics with selections from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.- Chapter Three: Utilitarianism with a selection from Mill's Utilitarianism.- Chapter Four: Deontology with a selection from Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals.- Part Two: The Novels.- Chapter Five: Rainbow Curve .- Chapter Six: To the Promised Land .- Chapter Seven: Naked Reverse.- Appendix: Sample Syllabus and Paper Rubric.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 170.71; Philosophy; Ethics; Political science -- Philosophy; Social sciences -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030248727; 3030248720
• Related ISBNs: 9783030248710
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 20, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.