Conduct and Character : Readings in Moral Theory
ISBN: 9780495502371 | 0495502375
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
CONDUCT AND CHARACTER is a concise anthology of readings in ethical theory that covers the major schools of thought as well as a handful of fundamental topics in ethical theory. Reading selections in the chapters provide coverage of both classical and contemporary philosophical writings, representing a spectrum of viewpoints on each theory or topic. The readings include brief introductions to assist students in identifying key ideas and have been selected and edited in order to optimize student comprehension. This collection is perfect for ethics courses that focus on theory, as well as a supplementary text for applied ethics courses. Because of short, self-contained chapters it also works very well for an ethics component in introductory philosophy courses.
| Preface | |
| Introduction to Moral Theory: The Nature and Evaluation of Moral Theories | |
| Basic Moral Concepts | |
| The Aims of Moral Theory | |
| The Role of Moral Principles in a Moral Theory | |
| The Structure of a Moral Theory | |
| Brief Summary | |
| How to Evaluate a Moral Theory | |
| Preview | |
| Egoism | |
| The Myth... MORE | |
| Egoisms | |
| Ethics by Authority | |
| Morality is Based on God's Commands | |
| Mark Timmons: Does Morality Depend on God's Commands? | |
| A Defense of Ethical Relativism | |
| The Challenge of Cultural Relativism | |
| The Natural Law Theory | |
| Treatise on Law | |
| The Ethics of Natural Law | |
| The Doctrine of Double Effect | |
| Natural Law Theory: Some Questions | |
| Consequentialism | |
| The Principle of Utility | |
| In Defense of Utilitarianism | |
| The Experience Machine | |
| Utilitarianism: Act or Rule? | |
| Rule-Consequentialism | |
| Kantian Ethical Theory | |
| Morality as a System of Categorical Imperatives | |
| Kant's Principle of Universal Law | |
| Kant on Treating People as Ends in Themselves | |
| On Treating People as Ends in Themselves: A Critique of Kant | |
| Contract Theory | |
| The Social Contract | |
| Mark C. Murphy | |
| Hobbe's Social Contract Theory | |
| A Contractualist Theory of What We Owe to Each Other | |
| Can Contract Theory Ground Morality? | |
| Virtue Ethics | |
| Virtue and Character | |
| Normative Virtue Ethics | |
| Virtue and Right | |
| Excellence in Being for the Good | |
| The Ethics of Care | |
| Moral Orientation and Moral Development | |
| An Ethic of Caring | |
| Caring and Evil | |
| Care Ethics and Virtue Ethics | |
| Pluralism | |
| Moral Choice without Principles | |
| What Makes Right Actions Right? | |
| Agonizing Decisions and Moral Pluralism | |
| How Strong is this Obligation? | |
| Particularism | |
| Principles or Particularism? | |
| Brad Hooker/ Moral Particularism: Wrong and Bad | |
| About the Author | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
