Ethics 101, Brian Boone
Ethics 101, Brian Boone
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

Ethics 101
From Altruism and Utilitarianism to Bioethics and Political Ethics, an Exploration of the Concepts of Right and Wrong

Author: Brian Boone

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2017


Synopsis

Explore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics.

Ethics 101 offers an exciting look into the history of moral principles that dictate human behavior. Unlike traditional textbooks that overwhelm, this easy-to-read guide presents the key concepts of ethics in fun, straightforward lessons and exercises featuring only the most important facts, theories, and ideas. Ethics 101 includes unique, accessible elements such as:

-Explanations of the major moral philosophies including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and eastern philosophers including Avicenna, Buddha, and Confucius.

-Classic thought exercises including the trolley problem, the sorites paradox, and agency theory

-Unique profiles of the greatest characters in moral philosophy

-An explanation of modern applied ethics in bioethics, business ethics, political ethics, professional ethics, organizational ethics, and social ethics

From Plato to Jean-Paul Sartre and utilitarianism to antirealism, Ethics 101 is jam-packed with enlightening information that you can’t get anywhere else!

About Brian Boone

Brian Boone is an editor and writer for the bestselling Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader line of trivia and humor books. He wrote I Love Rock n’ Roll (Except When I Hate It) and coauthored American Inventions: Big Ideas That Changed Modern Life and How to Make Paper Airplanes. He has contributed to How Stuff Works, Barnes & Noble Reads, McSweeney’s, Splitsider, Someecards, The Onion, Adult Swim, and Funny or Die. He lives in Oregon with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by William on February 02, 2018

A short crash course in Ethics and how it relates to life in general. I really had no issues with this book besides the price, which seems rather exorbitant. However, I don't know how they arrive at prices for books. Split into several chapters, the book starts by talking about historical attempts to......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 09, 2022

This is definitely one of the better books I’ve come across on the topic of moral philosophy. Many books over-complicate and make it difficult for people who aren’t philosophy majors. Brian Boone did an excellent job breaking down various philosophers throughout history, and what I loved the most wa......more

Goodreads review by R. on March 13, 2018

For what it was, which was an overview of a vast body of knowledge covering thousands of years of work, this was a really well written and easily digested book. Of particular interest to me personally were some of the more modern discussions surrounding things like abortion, the death penalty, and p......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on July 02, 2019

Useful overview......more

Goodreads review by Zain on December 18, 2024

For the job it’s trying to do it does its job very well. It’s a short “crash course” of everything ethics related and how it relates to daily life. There are instances where I feel like I wish, it went a bit deeper like w Nietzsche and Camus but I get it there is so much to go through with any one of......more