Burton F Porter

The Good Life

Options in Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

Intended for use in the introduction to ethics course, this text is designed to engage today's practical-minded student in more fundamental questions. The book ranges from ideals in living to contemporary moral problems, exploring and analyzing both areas in order to stimulate deeper reflection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781442272552
• ISBN-10: 1442272554
• Artikelnr.: 45639240

Autorenporträt

By Burton F. Porter

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface About the Author Introduction The Nature of
Ethics The Standard of Reasonableness 1. Putting Ethics in Its Place The
Role of Ethics within Philosophy Relationships to Other Branches Ethics and
Science The Naturalistic Fallacy Ethics and Religion Plato's Euthyphro
Ethics and Psychology Psychological Egoism Review Questions 2. Free Will
and Determinism Do We Have Free Choice? Fatalism and Predestination Social
Scientific Determinism The Compelling Factors The Libertarian Reply
Arguments for Free Will Hard and Soft Determinism The Individual in the
Causal Chain Review Questions 3. The Challenge of Relativism Are Values
Relative to Our Society? Ethics as Subjective and Cultural Sources of
Relativism Social Science and Multiculturalism Objectivism The Counter
Arguments Are Some Actions Intrinsically Valuable? The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights Review Questions II. Ideals in Living 4.
Hedonism as the Good Ethical Hedonism Pursuing Pleasure or Happiness
Individualistic Hedonism The Cyrenaics and Epicureans Universalistic
Hedonism - Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill A Critical
Assessment The Value of Happiness Review Questions 5. Self-Realization
Developing Our Potentialities Becoming Fully Actualized Defining the Self
in Time and Space Flaws and Weaknesses Realizing Ourselves as Human Beings
Is Human Nature Good? Aristotle The Golden Mean Review Questions 6.
Evolutionism The Meaning of Evolution Evolution and Religion Social
Darwinism The Fittest and the Best Spencer's Evolutionary Ethic The Breadth
of Life A Critical Appraisal Evaluating Evolutionism Overall Review
Questions 7. The Ethic of Duty Judging the Worth of Conduct The Right and
the Good Deontology vs. Teleology Intention Behind Action The Kantian Ethic
Following Principles The Categorical and Practical Imperatives Are There
Universal Values? Review Questions 8. The Teachings of Religion Judaism -
The Old Testament Divine Commands Christianity - The New Testament Concepts
of Love and Justice Islam The Five Pillars of Faith Buddhism The Four Noble
Truths and the Eightfold Path Review Questions 9. Virtue Ethics Ancient
Greece The Noble Person Medieval Purity Cardinal Virtues and Deadly Sins
The Modern Perspective Character and Moral Sentiments Feminist Virtue
Ethics Personal Caring Rather Than Moral Rules Review Questions 10.
Existentialism The Human Condition Anxiety and Alienation Existence
Precedes Essence Phenomenology The Seminal Figures Nietzsche and
Kierkegaard Modern Existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre Review Questions III.
Contemporary Moral Issues 11. Contraception and Abortion Artificial
Contraceptives The Conflict over Abortion When Does the Fetus Become a
Person? Pro-Life v. Pro-Choice Review Questions 12. Punishment and the
Death Penalty Personal Responsibility Mass Incarceration Rival Theories of
Punishment Arguments Surrounding Capital Punishment Review Questions 13.
Sexual Ethics Does Consent Legitimize Any Private Act? Moral and Immoral
Sex The Homosexuality Controversy Are Gay Sexual Relations Wrong? Review
Questions 14. The Natural Environment Is Nature Good? Our Relationship to
the Natural World Animal Welfare Using Animals for Food, Testing, Clothing,
and Entertainment Review Questions 15. Racism and Sexism Should We Ever
Generalize About People? The Remedy of Affirmative Action Discrimination
Based On Sex Forms of Abuse Review Questions Afterword Glossary of
Philosophic Terms Notes Index