Introduction to Ethics

Name: Introduction to Ethics
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ISBN: 9780742563575

ISBN-10: 074256357X

ISBN-13: 9780742563575

Edition: 2010

Authors: Andrew Dell'Olio, Caroline J. Simon

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 478
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface



Ethics: Thinking about Right Conduct



Religion and Morality


The Bible


The Qur'an


The Bhagavad Gita


"God and the Basis of Morality"



"Commands for Grown-ups"



Parliament of the World's Religions, "Declaration Toward a Global Ethic"


Study Questions


For Further Reading



Moral Relativism


American Anthropological Association, "Statement on Human Rights"


"The Case Against Ethical Relativism"



"Moral Relativism Defended"



"Female Circumcision/Genital Mutilation and Ethical Relativism"



Study Questions


For Further Reading



Natural Law Theory


Summa Theologica



"The Scholastic Theory of Moral Law in the Modern World"



"Toward Understanding the Principle of Double Effect"



"The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect"



Study Questions


For Further Reading



Utilitarianism


Utilitarianism



"A Critique of Utilitarianism"



"Rule-Consequentialism"



"The Singer Solution to World Poverty"



Study Questions


For Further Reading



Ethics of Duty


Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals



"Kantian Ethics"



"What Makes Right Acts Right?"



"Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem"



Study Questions


For Further Reading



Virtue Ethics


Nicomachean Ethics



Confucius, Analects


An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals



"The Nature of the Virtues"



"Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments"



Study Questions


For Further Reading



Challenges to Traditional Moral Theory


"Morality, the Peculiar Institution"



"The Natural History of Morals"



"Feminism and Moral Theory"



"The Demands of Identity"



"Nihilism in Black America"



Study Questions


For Further Reading



Living a Good Life


"Philosophy as a Way of Life"



Phaedo



Republic



"The Enchiridion, or Manual"



"The Tao Te Ching"



"The Ethic of Compassion"



Study Questions


For Further Reading


About the Editors