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# The Fundamentals of Ethics

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is one of the best books on ethics I've ever read
*by D***A on August 24, 2017*

This is one of the best books on ethics I've ever read, and I've read a lot of books on ethics. It's a book meant for beginners who have little to no experience with moral philosophy, but even professionals or ethics-enthusiasts (like myself) will find much value in this book. It manages to cover an impressive amount of information in a relatively short time, beginning with questions of value, then the various normative ethical views, and ending with meta-ethics. Each chapter is divided into chunks that either explain a position or the arguments for and against it. The companion book is also great, which is a collection of historical ethical literature.I'm still giving it five stars but a gripe I did have was that the final section on meta-ethics was a little sparse. Shafer-Landau focuses primarily on skeptic perspectives of ethics, such as subjectivism, relativism, non-cognitivism and error theory. I wish he would have included something more about moral realism, and maybe even his own realist views. But in general it's not that big of an omission. I can understand why he didn't include some of the more nuanced positions in meta-ethics, like constructivism or Blackburn's quasi-realism, but if you're looking for a book that has more substance in meta-ethics, you might want to complement this book with another one that focuses more on meta-ethics. I personally would recommend "Foundations of Ethics: An Anthology" which is partly edited by Shafer-Landau, as well as "A Companion to Ethics" edited by Singer.But yeah, five stars no question about it. Fantastic book, entertaining and filled with information. Would recommend.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Supreme clarity
*by R***S on June 17, 2024*

The author's uniquely clear and conversational writing style is a real boon to beginning students of philosophy. Concepts are lucidly and succinctly explained, too.R. Pies

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best philosophy textbook I have been assigned to read.
*by A***K on February 20, 2011*

Russ Shafer-Landau's The Fundamentals of Ethics was just one of the books assigned in a semester's worth of reading for my graduate studies. Philosophy texts are usually a chore to read, and many of them are quite boring. However, there was never an instance where I did not look forward to reading Fundamentals when I had to fulfill the week's reading assignment. I cannot think of any other textbook I have owned that I could say that about!Shafer-Landau's writing is lucid and engaging, sprinkled with wit and humor and brilliant summaries of complex moral theories. Perhaps some could complain that his treatment of various views is oversimplified, but that would miss the point. The purpose of the text is to introduce the reader to popular theories of normative systems of ethics, and give a short defense of his preferred view of moral objectivity. If one wants to dive deeper, one will find abundant references to primary sources easily found in one of Shafer-Landau's edited volumes (e.g. Ethical Theory: An Anthology).This book serves the purpose of education well in that it mercifully introduces the reader to thinking about ethics in a way that invites more learning--not just for learning's sake--but for living well.

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