Consider ethics : theory, readings and contemporary issues /: theory, readings and contemporary issues. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bruce N. Waller.
• Authors: Waller, Bruce N, 1946-
• Contents: 1. Thinking About Ethics. Ethics and Critical Thinking. Studying Ethics. God's Commandments and Ethics. Religion and Ethics. Reading: Plato, Euthyphro. Exercises 2. Ethics and Reason. Reasoning about Ethics. Elements of Kantian Ethics. Criticisms of Kantian Ethics. Conclusion. Reading: Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. Exercises 3. Ethics and Emotions. Follow Your Reason or Follow Your Heart? Objective and Subjective Feelings. Intuitionism. Conclusion. Reading: Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature. Exercises 4. Utilitarian Ethics. Utilitarian Theory. Act- vs. Rule-Utilitarians. Utiliatarians and the Quality of Pleasures. Criticisms of Utilitarian Ethics. Nozick's Challenge to Utilitarian Ethics The Uses of Utilitarian Ethics. Opposition to Utilitarianism. Reading: Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Reading: Mill, What Utilitarianism Is. Exercises 5. Social Contract Ethics. Framing the Social Contract. Fairness and Social Contract Theory: John Rawls. Gauthier's Contractarian Ethics. The Social Contract Myth and its Underlying Assumptions. Conclusion. Reading: Hobbes, Leviathan. Exercises 6. Egoism, Relativism, and Pragmatism. Egoism. Relativism. Pragmatism. Readings: Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope. Exercises 7. Virtue Ethics. The Distinctive Focus of Virtue Ethics. The Strengths of Virtue Ethics. Criticisms of Virtue Theory. Virtue Theory and Medicine. Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Exercises 8. Care Ethics. The Neglect of Women's Ethical Views. The Care Perspectives on Ethics. Women and Ethics. Reading: Baier, The Need for More than Justice. Exercises 9. The Scope of Morality. Who is Due Moral Consideration? Moral Agents. Darwin and the Moral Status of Nonhuman Animals. Reading: Darwin, The Descent of Man. Reading: Frans de Waal, Primates and Philosophers. Exercises 10. Ethical NonObjectivism. The Nature of Ethical Nonobjectivism. Arguments for Ethical Nonobjectivism. The Continuing Struggle Between Objectivists and Nonobjectivists. Reading: Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic. Exercises 11. Moral Realism. Contemporary Moral Realism. Moral Realism and the Argument from Simplicity. Moral Facts and Scientific Revolutions. Two Ways that Moral Realism Might Fail. Reading: Smith, Realism. Exercises 12. How Hard is Ethics? The Demands of Ethical Living. Comparing.
• Edition: Third edition, Pearson new international edition
• Publisher Details: Harlow, Essex, England : Pearson Education Limited
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 170; Ethics; Morale; ethics (philosophy); PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY -- Social; Ethics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1292055952; 9781292055954
• Related ISBNs: 9781292027425; 1292027428
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2017).
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