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Ethics : Discovering Right and Wrong
ISBN: 9780495502357 | 0495502359
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/12/2008
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Study ethics from one of the classic texts, written by one of contemporary philosophys most skilled teachers, Louis P. Pojman, and now revised by best-selling author and editor of the INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY, James Fieser. ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG, Sixth Edition, provides you with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the fundamental objectives and outlooks of ethical theory. Written in a conversational manner with strong learning aids and numerous classical and contemporary examples, this book teaches you how to develo... MORE
| Preface | |
| What is Ethics? | |
| Ethics and its subdivisions | |
| Morality as compared with other normative subjects | |
| Traits of moral principles | |
| Domains of ethical assessment | |
| Conclusion | |
| Ethical Relativism | |
| Subjective ethical relativism | |
| Conventional ethical relativism | |
| Criticisms of conventio... MORE | |
| Conclusion | |
| Moral Objectivism | |
| Aquinas+ objectivism and absolutism | |
| Moderate objectivism | |
| Ethical situationalism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Value and the Quest for the Good | |
| Intrinsic and instrumental value | |
| The value of pleasure | |
| Are values objective or subjective? The relation of value to morality | |
| The good life | |
| Social Contract Theory and the Motive to be Moral | |
| Why does society need moral rules? Why should I be moral? Morality, self-interest and game theory | |
| The motive to always be moral | |
| Conclusion | |
| Egoism, self-Interest, and Altruism | |
| Psychological egoism | |
| Ethical egoism | |
| Arguments against ethical egoism | |
| Evolution and altruism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Utilitarianism | |
| Classic utilitarianism | |
| Act and rule-utilitarianism | |
| Criticism of utilitarianism | |
| Criticism of the ends justifying immoral means | |
| Conclusion | |
| Kant and Deontological Theories | |
| Kant+s influences | |
| The categorical imperative | |
| Counterexamples to the principle of the law of nature | |
| Other formulations of the categorical imperative | |
| The problem of exceptionless rules | |
| The problem of posterity | |
| Conclusion: a reconciliation project | |
| Virtue Theory | |
| The nature of virtue ethics | |
| Criticisms of action-based ethics | |
| Connections between virtue-based and action-based ethics | |
| Feminism and the ethics of care | |
| Conclusion | |
| Religion and Ethics | |
| Does morality depend on religion? Is religion irrelevant or even contrary to morality? Does religion enhance the moral life? Conclusion | |
| The Fact Value Problem | |
| Hume and Moore: the problem classically stated | |
| Ayer and emotivism | |
| Hare and prescriptivism | |
| Naturalism and the fact-value problem | |
| Conclusion | |
| Moral Realism and the Challenge of Skepticism | |
| Mackie+s moral skepticism | |
| Harman+s moral nihilism | |
| A defense of moral realism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendix: How to Read and Write a Philosophy Paper | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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