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| Preface | |
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| The Basic Questions | |
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| Living in a World of Values | |
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| Who We Are and What We Value | |
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| What Is Ethics? | |
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| The Individual: Metaethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied Ethics | |
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| The Society: Social and Political Ethics | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Thought Experiment: Individual and Social Ethics | |
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| Notes | |
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| Personal Worldview and Community Worldview | |
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| The Normative Nature of Worldview | |
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| Personal Worldview | |
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| Community Worldview | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| An Exercise on Worldview | |
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| Notes | |
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| Relativism | |
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| Cultural Relativism | |
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| Moral Relativism | |
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| What's at Stake? | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Thought Experiment: Finding Out What You Believe | |
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| Notes | |
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| Egoism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Psychological Egoism | |
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| Ethical Egoism | |
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| Egoism and Altruism | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Thought Experiment: Finding Out What You Believe | |
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| Notes | |
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| Are People Good or Bad? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Humans are Bad | |
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| Humans are Good | |
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| What Difference Does It Make? | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Thought Experiment: Finding Out What You Believe | |
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| Notes | |
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| Morality and Religion | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Origin of the Problem | |
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| Absolute Good | |
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| Divine Command Theory | |
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| An Ethics with and without Religion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Thought Experiment: Finding Out What You Believe | |
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| Notes | |
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| Feminist Ethics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Gender: Are Men and Women Different? | |
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| Care and Justice | |
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| Race: What Is Race and Why Is It an Issue? | |
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| Opportunity and Desert | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Thought Experiment: Finding Out What You Believe | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Basic Answers | |
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| It's All about Your Intuition: Ethical Intuitionism | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem this Theory Addresses | |
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| The Argument for the Theory | |
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| Arguments Against the Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Challenging Case Study | |
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| Notes | |
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| It's All in Your Attitude: Ethical Noncognitivism | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem this Theory Addresses | |
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| The Argument for the Theory | |
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| The Argument Against the Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Challenging Case Study | |
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| Notes | |
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| It's About Freely Made Agreements: Ethical Contractarianism | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem this Theory Addresses | |
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| The Argument for the Theory | |
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| The Argument Against the Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Challenging Case Study | |
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| Notes | |
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| It's All About Your Character: Virtue Ethics | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem this Theory Addresses | |
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| The Argument for the Theory | |
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| The Argument Against the Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Challenging Case Study | |
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| Notes | |
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| It's About the Team: Utilitarianism | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem this Theory Addresses | |
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| The Argument for the Theory | |
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| The Argument Against the Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Challenging Case Study | |
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| Notes | |
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| It's About Doing Your Duty: Deontology | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem this Theory Addresses | |
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| The Argument for the Theory | |
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| Arguments Against the Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Challenging Case Study | |
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| Notes | |
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| Putting it all Together | |
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| Formulating Your Own Answers | |
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| Snapshot | |
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| The Problem | |
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| The Topography of Theory Evaluation | |
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| How to Choose an Ethical Theory | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Comprehensive Integrative Exercise | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |