Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions

by Arthur F. Holmes

Book Overview

Arthur Holmes addresses the questions: What is good? What is right? How can we know? In this second edition, he also surveys a variety of approaches to ethics, including cultural relativism, emotivism, ethical egoism and utilitarianism-all with an acknowledgment of the new postmodern environment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830828036
• ISBN13: 9780830828036
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Good Survey of Ethics

Overall, this is a fine survey of ethics from a Christian perspective. It is well written and offers much to consider. Highly recommended.

Short but deep

Holmes packs a lot into a short space. Undergraduate students have found it a bit heavy going, but for those willing to work through the text, it is profoundly insightful. A great introduction to various ethical philosophies in the West, their strengths and their shortcomings, with some chapters that apply the principles to specific ethical issues. The book is 17 years old but has a timelessness about it - unlike, say, John Stott's "Issues Facing Christians". Holmes does not give "current statistics" and tends to operate at the level of principle, which gives his work a helpful timelessness. Worth having on the shelf if you are a reader.