Practical Ethics Test Bank by Henry Sidgwick 9th Edition

A Timeless Guide to Practical Ethics

Discover the classic work by Henry Sidgwick, a renowned English philosopher and educator, on practical and professional ethics. This collection of nine essays, first published in 1898, forms a vital complement to Sidgwick’s major treatise on moral theory, The Methods of Ethics.

Essays on Ethics in Public and Private Life

Sidgwick’s essays demonstrate his compassion and calm reasonableness as he addresses questions such as lying, breaking promises, inflicting suffering on animals, and going to war. This valuable reissue returns Practical Ethics to its rightful place in Sidgwick’s oeuvre.

Relevant to Contemporary Debate

Noted ethicist Sissela Bok provides a superb Introduction, ranging over the course of Sidgwick’s life and career and underscoring the relevance of Practical Ethics to contemporary debate.

This rich, engaging work is essential reading for all concerned with the relationship between ethical theory and practice, and with the questions that have driven the study of professional ethics in recent years.