Actual ethics.052186271X Actual ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a . Otteson, James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. R. Cambridge Cambridge, city, Canada Cambridge (kām`brĭj), city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent. U. Pr. 2006 349 pages $75.00 Hardcover BJ1012 Otteson (philosophy, U. of Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). ) offers a guide to right living for readers who have begun thinking about the nature and justification of moral judgments and about the political principles a sound system of morality would imply. He argues that the classical liberal tradition provides a compelling vision of what it means to be a respectable human being, of what a just political state is, and of what people should do to achieve their goals. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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