Ethics for A-level. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Ethics for A-level : for AQA Philosophy and OCR Religious Studies
• Further Information: Note: Mark Dimmock and Andrew Fisher.
• Authors: Dimmock, Mark; Fisher, Andrew
• Other Names: Open Book Publishers, publisher.
• Contents: Ch. 1: Utilitarianism -- ch. 2: Kantian ethics -- ch. 3: Aristotelian virtue ethics -- ch. 4: Aquinas's natural law theory -- ch. 5: Fletcher's situation ethics -- ch. 6: Metaethical theories -- ch. 7: Euthanasia -- ch. 8: Business ethics -- ch. 9: Conscience -- ch. 10: Sexual ethics -- ch. 11: Stealing -- ch. 12: Simulated killing -- ch. 13: Telling lies -- ch. 14: Eating animals. PREFACE. 1. Exam Specification Details ; 2. Book Structure References -- INTRODUCTION. 1. Philosophy, Ethics and Thinking ; 2. Respecting Ethics ; 3. The A-Level Student ; 4. Doing Ethics Well: Legality versus Morality ; 5. Doing Ethics Well: Prudential Reasons versus Moral Reasons ; 6. Doing Ethics Well: Prescriptive versus Descriptive Claims ; 7. Doing Ethics Well: Thought-Experiments ; 8. Doing Ethics Well: Understanding Disagreement Summary Questions and Tasks References -- PART I -- NORMATIVE ETHICS. CHAPTER 1: UTILITARIANISM. 1. Utilitarianism: An Introduction ; 2. Hedonism ; 3. Nozick's Experience Machine ; 4. The Foundations of Bentham's Utilitarianism ; 5. The Structure of Bentham's Utilitarianism ; 6. Hedonic Calculus ; 7. Problems with Bentham's Utilitarianism ; 8. Mill's Utilitarian Proof ; 9. Mill's Qualitative Utilitarianism ; 10. Mill's Rule Utilitarianism versus Bentham's Act Utilitarianism ; 11. Strong versus Weak Rule Utilitarianism ; 12. Comparing the Classical Utilitarians ; 13. Non-Hedonistic Contemporary Utilitarianism: Peter Singer and Preference Utilitarianism ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 2: KANTIAN ETHICS. 1. An Introduction to Kantian Ethics ; 2. Some Key Ideas ; 3. Acting for the Sake of Duty and Acting in Accordance with Duty ; 4. Categorical and Hypothetical Imperatives ; 5. The First Formulation of the Categorical Imperative ; 6. Perfect and Imperfect Duties ; 7. Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative ; 8. The Third Formulation of the Categorical Imperative and Summary ; 9. Kant on Suicide ; 10. Problems and Responses: Conflicting Duties ; 11. Problems and Responses: The Role of Intuitions ; 12. Problem and Responses: Categorical Imperatives and Etiquette ; 13. Problems and Responses: The Domain of Morality ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 3: ARISTOTELIAN VIRTUE ETHICS. 1. Aristotelian Virtue Ethics Introduction ; 2. The Function Argument ; 3. Aristotelian Goodness ; 4. Eudaimonia and Virtue ; 5. Developing the Virtues ; 6. Practical Wisdom (Phronesis) ; 7. Voluntary Actions, Involuntary Actions and Moral Responsibility ; 8. Objection: Unclear Guidance ; 9. Objection: Clashing Virtues ; 10. Objection: Circularity ; 11. Objection: Contribution to Eudaimonia ; 12. Moral Good and Individual Good ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 4: AQUINAS'S NATURAL LAW THEORY. 1. Introduction to Aquinas ; 2. Motivating Natural Law Theory: The Euthyphro Dilemma and Divine Command Theory ; 3. Natural Law Theory ; 4. Summary of Aquinas's Natural Law Theory ; 5. Putting this into Practice: The Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) ; 6. Some Thoughts about Natural Law Theory ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 5: FLETCHER'S SITUATION ETHICS. 1. Situation Ethics Introduction ; 2. Fletcher's Overall Framework ; 3. The Four Working Principles of Situationism ; 4. How to Work out What to Do: Conscience as a Verb not a Noun ; 5. The Six Propositions of Situation Ethics ; 6. Problems with Fletcher's Situationism ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- PART II -- METAETHICS. CHAPTER 6: METAETHICAL THEORIES. 1. Metaethics: Introduction ; 2. The Value of Metaethics ; 3. Cognitivism versus Non-Cognitivism ; 4. Realism versus Anti-Realism ; 5. The Metaethical Map ; 6. Cognitivist and Realist Theory One: Naturalism ; 7. Objections to Naturalism ; 8. Cognitivist and Realist Theory Two: Non-Naturalism ; 9. Objections to Intuitionism ; 10. Cognitivist and Anti-Realist Theory One: Moral Error Theory ; 11. Objections to Moral Error Theory ; 12. Non-Cognitivism ; 13. Non-Cognitivist and Anti-Realist Theory One: Emotivism ; 14. Objections to Emotivism ; 15. Non-Cognitivist and Anti-Realist Theory Two: Prescriptivism ; 16. Objections to Prescriptivism Summary Common Student Mistakes Issues to Consider Key Terminology References -- PART III -- APPLIED ETHICS. CHAPTER 7: EUTHANASIA. 1. Euthanasia Introduction ; 2. Key Terms ; 3. Case One: Persistent Vegetative State ; 4. Case Two: Incurable and Terminal Illness ; 5. Pro-Euthanasia: Argument One ; 6. Pro-Euthanasia: Argument Two ; 7. Pro-Euthanasia: Argument Three ; 8. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument One ; 9. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument Two ; 10. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument Three ; 11. Anti-Euthanasia: Argument Four ; 12. Allowing versus Doing ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 8: BUSINESS ETHICS. 1. Introduction to Business Ethics ; 2. Employers and Employees ; 3. Businesses and Customers ; 4. A Business and the Environment ; 5. Business and Globalization ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 9: CONSCIENCE. 1. Introduction ; 2. The History of Conscience ; 3. Aquinas on Conscience ; 4. Freud and the Conscience ; 5. Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 10: SEXUAL ETHICS. 1. Philosophy of Sex Introduction ; 2. What Is It to "Have Sex"? ; 3. Natural Law and Sex ; 4. Kant and Sex ; 5. Sex and Utilitarianism ; 6. Sex and the Virtue Theory ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 11: STEALING. 1. Stealing: Introduction ; 2. Defining Stealing ; 3. Kantian Ethics on Stealing ; 4. Act and Preference Utilitarianism on Stealing ; 5. Rule Utilitarianism on Stealing ; 6. Virtue Ethics on Stealing ; 7. Metaethics and Stealing ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 12: SIMULATED KILLING. 1. Introduction ; 2. Utilitarianism and Simulated Killing ; 3. The Kantian and the Virtue Ethics Approach ; 4. Films and Plays ; 5. The Paradox of Tragedy (or More Correctly the Paradox of "Negative Emotions") ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 13: TELLING LIES. 1. Introduction ; 2. What Is It to Lie? ; 3. Utilitarianism ; 4. The Kantian and Lying ; 5. Some Final Thoughts about the Political Context ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- CHAPTER 14: EATING ANIMALS. 1. Eating Animals Introduction ; 2. Justifying Meat Eating ; 3. Act Utilitarianism ; 4. Challenges to Bentham ; 5. Utilitarian Reasons for Eating Animals ; 6. Kantian Ethics and Eating Animals ; 7. Virtue Ethics and Eating Animals ; 8. Cora Diamond ; Summary ; Common Student Mistakes ; Issues to Consider ; Key Terminology ; References -- GLOSSARY.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (262 pages), 14 colour illustrations
• Subjects: 170.71; Ethics -- Study and teaching; Ethics -- Case studies; Ethics; Ethics -- Study and teaching; Case studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783743902; 1783743905; 9781783743919; 1783743913; 9781783743926; 1783743921
• Related ISBNs: 9781783743896; 9781783743889; 1783743891
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliography (page 234).
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