Ethics: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Name: Ethics: Key Concepts in Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780826472458

ISBN-10: 0826472451

ISBN-13: 9780826472458

Edition: 2005

Authors: Dwight Furrow, Furrow

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 11/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English



Introduction


Obstacles to moral philosophy



Moral agency


Self-interest


Moral autonomy and moral motives


Procedural autonomy


Relational autonomy



Objective moral reasons


Relativism


Moral realism


Logical consistency


Utilitarianism


Kantian deontology


Objectivity reconsidered



Moral reasons in context


An ethics of care vs. an ethic of justice


Does moral reasoning require moral principles?


The role of emotion


Problems to solve



Obligation


Social contract theory


Relationship obligations


Vulnerability and obligations


Objections to relationship obligations


The limits of obligation



Happiness


Happiness and pleasure


Is happiness subjective or objective?


Aristotle on happiness


Happiness in context



Qualities of moral character


Care as a virtue


Integrity


Practical wisdom


Qualities of character and moral reasons


A final word about Oskar Schindler



Moral responsibility


The problem of free will


Moral responsibility without metaphysics


Guidance control and moral responsibility


Epilogue