Living Ethics: An Introduction with Readings - Softcover

Russ Shafer-Landau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of several books including The Fundamentals of Ethics, Fourth Edition (OUP, 2017) and The Ethical Life, Fourth Edition (OUP, 2017). He is also the editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics.

"Shafer-Landau's writing is exceptionally clear and engaging; he effectively invites students to become well-informed about ethical issues, and to apply ethical reasoning in relation to moral issues."--Marcia Andrejevich, Ivy Tech Community College

"This book offers a comprehensive collection of important historical and contemporary readings in ethics covering every major moral theory--along with a broad range of contemporary moral problems--all of which are accompanied by substantial introductions by one of the best ethicists working today--Russ Shafer-Landau."--Joshua Tepley, Saint Anselm College

"Living Ethics shows students how to break down, analyze, and evaluate an argument. It does an excellent job at transitioning between ideas, seamlessly showing how one concept naturally leads to the next, and why it is relevant to the overall argument or moral system being presented. Shafer-Landau also does an excellent job of nuancing each argument and explaining its initial intuitive support."--David Burris, Arizona Western College

"Living Ethics promises to be in the first rank of hybrid undergraduate ethics textbooks."--David O'Connor, Seton Hall University

"I find Shafer-Landau's writing to be both engaging and exceptionally clear, and I know I'm not the only one."--Thomas Bontly, University of Connecticut