Ethics

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 and aggressive. In this 'sparklingly clear' (Guardian) introduction to ethics Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surr...

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 and aggressive. In this 'sparklingly clear' (Guardian) introduction to ethics Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, showing us how we should think about the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates.

作者

西蒙•布莱克本　剑桥大学哲学教授。之前任北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校埃德娜•库瑞杰出哲学教授，1969至1990年任牛津大学彭布罗克学院研究员、导师。已出版作品包括《展开世界》（1984）、《牛津哲学词典》（1994）、《主导的激情》（1998），畅销书《思考》（1999）、《向善》（2001），以及《欲望》（2004）等。

序言作者

何怀宏　北京大学哲学系教授。主要学术著作有《良心论》、《世袭社会及其解体》、《选举社会及其终结》、《底线伦理》、《道德、上帝与人》、《生命与自由》、《公平的正义》、《伦理学是什么》，另有散文作品集《若有所思》、《珍重生命》、《何怀宏散文》、《心灵瞬间》等，译著有《正义论》（合译）、《无政府、国家与乌托邦》、《伦理学概论》、《道德箴言录》、《沉思录》等。