Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Blackburn

Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Simon Blackburn

139 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative medium-paced

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Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive...

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