Applied Ethics

Author: Lu Feng
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book takes bidirectional reflection as the fundamental methodological principle, elaborating on the intellectual and socio-historical background of the rise of applied ethics. It discusses the basic methods and principles of applied ethics and points out that the emergence of applied ethics represents a fundamental turn in contemporary moral philosophy. Based on this foundation, with a sincere and direct attitude, it explores major issues in specialized fields of applied ethics such as environmental ethics, economic ethics, bioethics, political ethics, and technological ethics. Additionally, it examines the relationship between modernity and morality, as well as the relationship between faith and morality. Building on this, 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.