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Brian Besong. An Introduction to Ethics. A Natural Law Approach. [Book Review

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  • Chapter ends with a series of questions—a smart approach which allows readers to review each chapter’s content and check their understanding

  • The author emphasizes in the first pages that the main subject is “the principles of ethics that dominated moral thinking in the West at least until the so-called ‘Age of Enlightenment’ that began in late seventeenthcentury Europe” (ix), according to “natural law tradition.”

  • The book very often refers to the thoughts of Thomas Aquinas and the work of Aristotle—principles that should apply to everyday life, especially the life of Westerners

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Chapter ends with a series of questions—a smart approach which allows readers to review each chapter’s content and check their understanding. It is natural to ask questions especially those related to morality. A Natural Law Approach, Brian Besong, Assistant professor of philosophy at Ohio Dominican University asks numerous very practical questions about the daily life of every human being: how to find happiness, what are good and bad actions, what is moral knowledge.

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