Virtue Ethics is the ethics of character and character formation and for this reason is sometimes described as agent-centred to contrast it with rule-based ethical theories. The agent here is the person who is choosing to pursue some end and doing so for good reasons. So a virtue is usually defined as either a disposition of character or an inclination of character, the first definition highlighting the habitual nature of the virtues, and the second, the link between virtue and will.

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Kant and NL is designed to challenge students to think more carefully about two well-known deontological theories. Pitched just right and more comprehensive than a textbook, both theories are carefully mapped within a logical structure of thought, and then unpacked so that applications can be clearly understood. Study questions are provided at the back of each chapter. "My students love your books " JA Somerset

Utilitarianism and Situation Ethics is designed to challenge students to think more carefully about two well-known teleological theories. Pitched just right and more comprehensive than a textbook, both theories are carefully mapped within a logical structure of thought, and then unpacked so that applications can be clearly understood. Study questions are provided at the back of each chapter. "My students love your books " JA Somerset

How to Write Philosophical Essays explores the challenge of writing philosophically (logically, clearly and evaluatively) for A level Religious Studies papers. Taking examples from student essays, this book is an indispensable guide to making the leap between GCSE formulaic thinking to the ability to structure, and own for yourself, a complex argument. Included are sections on spotting future exam questions, self-assessing essays and what to do the night before the exam.

Free Will and Determinism explores the ideas which form the theories of libertarianism, soft and hard determinism. Crystal clear and unique in its treatment, this book takes as its starting point three meanings of freedom, causation and the will and explores how different meanings of these three key concepts help define the controversies discussed by Hume, Locke, Dennett, Van Inwagen, Harris and Honderich.

Meta-ethics explores the meaning of moral language with detailed comments and analysis of three major theories: emotivism, intuitionism and prescriptivism. Pitched just right and more comprehensive than a textbook, these three approaches are set against a background of the attack on naturalistic ethics - and a critical assessment is made of each attack in the light of the resurgence of naturalism.