Description: This stimulating collection of essays in ethics eschews the simple exposition and refinement of abstract Rather, the author focuses on everyday moral issues, often neglected by philosophers, and explores the deeper theoretical questions which they Such issues are: Is it wrong to tell a lie to protect someone from a painful truth? Should one commit a lesser evil to prevent another from doing something worse? Can one be both autonomous and compassionate? Other topics discussed are servility, weakness of will, suicide, obligations to oneself, snobbery, and environmental A feature of the collection is the contrast of Kantian and utilitarian answers to these The essays are crisply and lucidly written and will appeal to both teachers and students of philosophy ...

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