This is a concise, accessible and entertaining guide to being good - the ideal introduction to ethics."How to Make Good Decisions and Be Right All the Time" offers a compelling and jargon-free guide to ethical thinking for everyday life. Iain King presents an introduction to moral philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the Enlightenment and beyond. He argues that right and wrong need a Newtonian revolution so they are no longer a matter of judgment or guesswork, and presents a system of simple formulas for solving difficult moral quandaries. Clearly argued, the book combines new ideas with old and rips apart traditional tenets of morality, dismantling even the golden rule that you should 'do unto others as you would have done unto you'. In their place, the author constructs a new, comprehensive system of ethics, identifying the basic DNA of right and wrong and offering clear advice on how to be good in today's complicated and challenging world.In places controversial and thoroughly engaging throughout, "How to Make Good Decisions and Be Right All the Time" is required reading for anyone with a difficult decision to make.
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."..If your focus leaflets are starting to get soggy and you're frustrated with BBC political reporting, this book could be the perfect antidote for you - a reminder that there probably are deep moral truths out there and there is a reason to try to do what's right...This may well become a classic; it's certainly a good read, and definitely makes you think." - Liberal Democrat News
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Iain King, a former fellow of the University of Cambridge, UK, and author of the acclaimed Peace at Any Price (Cornell University Press, 2006), has faced many testing decisions working in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Africa.
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By R. Bragg
Format:Hardcover
Everything was going great until the first page of chapter 16 (page 93). "Should the electrician be paid?" The example cited of 'time-based right and wrong' (tested using the Help Principle) is woolly and unclear and stopped the line of logic dead in its tracks. Such a pity.
Format:Hardcover
The cumbersome title beliesthe book's straigtforward look at ethics.
It will appeal to those who search for the fair and just outcome in a tricky situation.
A morality guide for our own time
It will appeal to those who search for the fair and just outcome in a tricky situation.
A morality guide for our own time
By Lucy B
Format:Hardcover
I was drawn to this book by the title and found inside a clear and highly readable examination of complex yet everyday (and therefore accessible) moral issues. Making decisions is something we all do, each day, and this book gives you space to think about that process, using short punchy chapters to present a different moral dilemma (yes, even on sex, in case you're wondering) which then gets explored.
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A book that makes you think
Having met Iain King in Kosovo, I expected a different book. Mr. King has been working in many hotspots in the world and I waited for stories based on his experience there. Read more
Published 15 months ago by bjorn hauksson
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Moral decision making made too simple
Iain King is another contributor to the debate on virtues in human society. In his racily titled book `How to Make Good Decisions and be Right all the Time' King, a UK Cambridge... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2009 by Geoff Crocker
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Impressive book on ethics and morality
This is a fascinating book on ethics and morality in the modern world. It includes whithin it the greatest ideas about this subject from the ancient world philosphers up to nowdays... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2009 by T. Radenkovic
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