Practical Philosophy - Ethics, Society and Culture (Paperback)

In this wide ranging volume of philosophical essays John Haldane explores some central areas of social life and issues of intense academic and public debate. These include the question of ethical relativism, fundamental issues in bioethics, the nature of individuals in relation to society, the common good, public judgement of prominent individuals, the nature and aims of education, cultural theory and the relation of philosophy to art and architecture. As well as being a prominent academic philosopher John Haldane is well known in Britain, North America and elsewhere in the English-speaking world as a public intellectual and social commentator.