The Principles of New Ethics: Volume 3: Normative Ethics II

ISBN-13: 9780367497095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 328 str.

Wang Haiming

Opis

This book discusses normative ethics from the perspectives of humanity, liberty, justice, happiness and systems of moral rules. The author proposes value standards that measure state instruction; reveals the relationship between humanity, liberty and justice and puts forward objective laws of happiness.

Spis treści

1. Humanity and Liberty: The Highest Value Standards of State Institutions. 2. Justice, Humanity, and Increasing or Reducing the Quantum of Interests of Everyone—The System of Value Standards of State Institutions. 3. Happiness: The Moral Principle of Self-regarding. 4. System of Moral Rules.

O autorze

Haiming Wang is a professor at the Department at Philosophy at Peking University, China, mainly studying ethics and political philosophy. He has published ten academic monographs, including New Ethics, The Methods of Ethics, A Theory of Human Nature, The Ideal State, Justice and Humanity.