Applied logic

Author: Lu Feng
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book takes bidirectional reflection as the fundamental methodological principle, elaborates on the intellectual and soci historical background of the rise of applied ethics, discusses the basic methods and principles of applied ethics, and points out that the rise of applied ethics is a fundamental turn in contemporary moral philosophy. Based on this, with a sincere and straightforward attitude, it explores major issues in specialized fields of applied ethics such as environmental ethics, economic ethics, bioethics, political ethics, and technological ethics. It also examines the relationship between modernity and morality, as well as the relationship between belief and morality. On this basis, it critically reflects on modernity in light of major issues in contemporary applied ethics, pointing out the gains and losses of modernization and diagnosing the ailments of modern civilization.