Right and Wrong A Practical Introduction to Ethics.
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John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2017.
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| Series: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Table of Contents:
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ethics: What It Is, Does, and Isn't
- Philosophical Ethics
- Ethics: What Is It?
- Ethics
- Ethics and Philosophy
- What Ethics Isn't
- Ethics and Emotion-"What Counts Most Is What You Think"
- Ethics and Authority- "What Counts Most Is What You Think"
- Ethics, Authority, and Religion
- Ethics, Authority, and the Law
- Ethical Relativism
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 2 An "Ethical Yardstick"?
- What Makes Something Wrong?
- The Basis of a Standard-Human Well-Being, a Satisfying Life, and Flourishing
- Ethics and Human Well-Being
- Human 'Well-Being,' Evolution, Adaptation, and a Successful and Satisfying Life
- Flourishing
- What Do Humans Need in Order to 'Flourish'?
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Something for the Skeptics
- On Human Adaptability
- Human Well-Being, Successful Life, Satisfying Life, Flourishing, and Ethics
- What Makes Something an "Ethical" Issue? Our Three Cases
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 3 Measuring Consequences
- A Teleological (Results-Oriented) Approach to Ethics
- Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism, and Pleasure
- Measuring Pleasure-Bentham's "Hedonistic Calculus"
- Example 1: Mugging Grandma
- Example 2: Do I Turn in My Partner?
- Example 3: 'Double' Dating
- John Stuart Mill and Quality of Pleasure
- Evaluating Quality
- Analyzing Pleasures over the Long Run
- 'Double' Dating-a Reconsideration
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 4 Evaluating Actions
- A Deontological (Act-Oriented) Approach to Ethics
- Actions and Results: Drawing the Line
- Judging Actions through Results
- Judging Actions
- Measuring the Immeasurable-"Human" Behavior
- A Digression-A Few Words about the Intangible
- Back on Track- "Human" Behavior
- Choice and Freedom
- Freedom, Morality, and Immanuel Kant
- "Human" Behavior-other Facets
- "Never simply as a means"
- "In your own person"
- Intelligence (Reason) and Ethics
- Detour #1: Choice and Moral Responsibility
- Detour #2: Kant, Reason, and Human Action
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 5 Virtue Ethics and the Ethics of Care
- Ethics and Character
- Aristotle and Virtue Ethics
- The Virtues and the Mean
- Moral Excellence as a Skill
- The Need for a Teacher or Coach
- Weaknesses of this Approach
- A Final Evaluation of Aristotle's Approach
- A Personal Inventory
- Ethics of Care
- Two Ethical Voices
- An Alternative Approach to Ethics
- A Final Evaluation of an Ethic of Care
- Chapter 6 Doing Right: Why Bother?
- Socrates-The Health of the Soul and "Vice Harms the Doer"
- Vice Harms the Doer
- A Final Word about Socrates
- St Augustine and the "Wages of Sin"
- Another Tale of Corruption-The Dark Side of "The Force"
- Ethics, Maslow, and Self-Actualization