United States Studies, United States History - General & Miscellaneous, Civilization - History, American Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Overview
An American Ethic takes the basis for American life - freedom - and describes the reality behind that abstraction, the transcendent nature of man. The book analyzes freedom and communication along with the inalienable rights and obligations that necessarily flow from the transcendent nature of man. It explains and distinguishes the usual norms of morality: natural law, positive law, religion, and conscience; and then proceeds to discuss contemporary moral issues: sanction for crime, animal rights, business ethics, sexual morality, homosexuality, and abortion. In light of that analysis, the book critiques three recent and well-known works of ethics: Robert Pirsig's Lila, James Q. Wilson's The Moral Sense, and Peter Singer's Practical Ethics.Book Details
Published
March 31, 1995
Publisher
Middletown, N.J. : Caslon Co., 1995.
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780391039360