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Provides a lively and accessible introduction to ethical theory
An Introduction to Ethics provides readers with the guiding critical questions needed to be considered in our decision making. Students learn about the principles we apply to direct our behavior. The text enhances readers’ abilities to form arguments and conclusions, developing a systematic and coherent ethical view of their own.
Kevin Gibson is Director of the Center for Ethics Studies at Marquette University, where he has won several teaching awards. He has a PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an EdM from Harvard University. Before teaching he worked variously as a double-decker bus driver, infantry platoon officer, and mediator for disputes ranging from court litigation to child custody. He is the author of three books and numerous articles on topics in Ethics, Business Ethics, Negotiation and Sustainability.
In this Section:
1) Brief Table of Contents
2) Detailed Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Philosophy and Ethics
Chapter 2: Moral Foundations
Chapter 3: Egoism
Chapter 4: Relativism
Chapter 5: The Authentic Self
Chapter 6: Utilitarianism
Chapter 7: Duty-Based Ethics–Deontology
Chapter 8: Virtue-Based Ethics
Chapter 9: Rights and Justice
Chapter 10: Feminist Insights
Chapter 11: Postmodern Critiques
Chapter 12: Non-Western Ethics
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Philosophy and Ethics
What Is Philosophy?
What Is Ethics?
What are the Different Senses of Ethics?
Can Ethics Give Us Answers?
Chapter 2: Moral Foundations
Ethics and the Law
Ethics and Religion
The Nature of Conscience
Ethical Projects
Varieties of Philosophical Ethics
Recent Challenges to Ethical Theory
Chapter 3: Egoism and Hedonism
Self Interest of Cooperation?
Machiavelli
Hobbes
Rand
Strategic Ethics–Game Theory
Challenges
Hedonism
Chapter 4: Relativism
The Case of Edward Downes
Challenges to Relativism
Relativism v. Absolutism
Moral Imperialism
Moral Imagination
Chapter 5: The Authentic Self
Summerhill
Rousseau
Nietzche
Sartre
Buber
Chapter 6: Utilitarianism
The Vaccination Case
Utilitarian Approaches
Bentham
Mill
Act and Rule Utilitarianism
Contemporary Utilitarianism
Singer
Challenges
The Expanding Sphere of Moral Concern
Chapter 7: Duty-Based Ethics - Doentology
Case–The Study Of Aids
Kant
Moral Luck
W.D. Ross
The Doctrine of Double Effect
Challenges
Chapter 8: Virtue-Based Ethics
Case–Booker T. Washington
Virtue-Based Ethics
Aristotle
Alasdair Macintyre and “After Virtue”
Challenges
Chapter 9: Rights and Justice
Case–E-Waste in China
Rights
NonHuman Rights
Challenges to Rights
Justice
Retributive and Restorative Justice
Distributive Justice
Libertarianism
Egalitarianism
Challenges
Chapter 10: Feminist Insights
Case–Margaret Hossack
Essentialism and Equality
Ethics of Care
Ethics and Patriarchy
Separatist Feminism
Challenges
Chapter 11: Postmodern Critiques
The Herald Disaster
Modernist Ethics
Habermas
Foucault
Rorty
Levinas
Challenges
Chapter 12: Non-Western Ethics
Case–Spitting On The Buddha
Confucianism
Tetsuro Watsuji
Taoism
Buddhism
Africana Ethics
Summary–Non-Western Ethics
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.2.2014 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-88550-0 / 0205885500 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-88550-3 / 9780205885503 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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