The Elements of Moral Philosophy

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The Elements of Moral Philosophy is written by Stuart Rachels and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 126499821X (ISBN 10) and 9781264998210 (ISBN 13).

"Moral philosophy is the study of what morality is and what it requires of us. As Socrates said, it's about "how we ought to live"-and why. It would be helpful if we could begin with a simple, uncontroversial definition of what morality is. Unfortunately, we cannot. There are many rival theories, each expounding a different conception of what it means to live morally, and any definition that goes beyond Socrates's simple formula-tion is bound to offend at least one of them. This should make us cautious, but it need not paralyze us. In this chapter, I will describe the "minimum conception" of morality"--