Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Ethics

Coming from someone that is awful at theories and had to pass an ethics class I have to say this book was a tremendous help to me. I read the college book and didnt have a clue how to apply the theories but this book showed me how to make sense of them in the modern world. I know alot of the reviews havent been to great but from a 45 year old non-traditional student I can only praise this book.

I thought this book was a jewel wrapped in an Idiot's Guide cover. It is the standard length of most Idiot's Guide books , but it packs a lot of information in a few pages. The history of ethics and philosophy generally degenerates into a short boring expose' of the ancients, early Christian, Kant, Hegel, and then the modern Existentialists. What is unique about this book was the explanations of real life situations. The authors discuss Affirmative Action , abortion, and discrimination. After each ethical system is discussed in Idiot's Guide format, memorable points are liberally highlighted in side bars, which is really not too bad a gimmick for learning, a theoretical situation is discussed that the critics use to highlight the weak points of that system. I always thought of ethics and philosophy as static fields, making no progress, but it does show that though we may not be getting more ethical through the ages that there has been an evolution of sorts in the field of Ethics