Harriet Olsen

Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues Harriet Olsen

Systemizing, recommending and defending the concepts of right and wrong conduct, is under the scope of ethics. The analysis of good and evil, virtue and vice, justice and crime, and right and wrong are important in ethics. The major areas of study in this discipline are meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. Cognitivism and non-cognitivism are studied under meta-ethics, while virtue ethics, hedonism, deontology, ethics of care, state consequentialism, etc. are under the scope of normative ethics. Ethics has applications in business, military, politics, animal care, etc. This book is a valuable compilation of topics, ranging from the basic to the most complex theories and principles in the field of ethics. The topics included herein are of the utmost significance and bound to provide incredible insights to readers. This textbook aims to serve as a resource guide for students and experts alike and contribute to the growth of the discipline.