{"product_id":"the-ethical-detective-9781498536820","title":"The Ethical Detective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective fiction and philosophymoral philosophy in particularmay seem like an odd combination. Working within the framework offered by neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, this book makes the case that moral philosophers ought to take murder mysteries seriously, seeing them as a source of ethical insight, and as a tool that can be used to spark the ethical imagination. Detective fiction is a literary genre that asks readers to consider questions of good and evil, justice and injustice, virtue and vice, and is, consequently, a profoundly and inescapably ethical genre. Moreover, in the figure of the detective, readers are presented with an accessible role model who demonstrates the virtues of honesty, courage, and a commitment to justice that are required by those who want to live well as a virtue ethicist would understand it. This book also offers a critique of contemporary moral philosophy, and considers what features a neo-Aristotelian conception of autonomy might display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ethical Detective: Moral Philosophy and Detective Fiction, does a stellar job of not only making the often- complex facets of the discipline accessible to a wide readership but also showing how this ancient discipline can offer critics of popular culture valuable new avenues for their own analytical writing and teaching. . . . For philosophical neophytes, Haliburton’s book is the perfect introduction, marrying a keen interest in detective fiction with a thoughtful and accessible writing style that demystifies contemporary ethics and shows how moral philosophy can be, as she writes in her conclusion, made to matter in the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e * Clues: A Journal of Detection *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Would You Kill the Fat Man? Trolleyolgy, Stories, and the Expressive-Collaborative Construction of Morality\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: The Ethics of Murder\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Moral Technology and the Development of Virtue-Based Autonomy\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Why Humans Tell Stories: The Place of the Moral Imagination in Ethics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Exploring the Wasteland\u003cbr\u003eBibliography","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040718553431,"sku":"9781498536820","price":33.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498536820.jpg?v=1750947611","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ethical-detective-9781498536820","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}