Quest for Moral Foundations An Introduction to Ethics

Name: Quest for Moral Foundations An Introduction to Ethics
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ISBN: 9780878406135

ISBN-10: 0878406131

ISBN-13: 9780878406135

Edition: 1996

Authors: Montague Brown

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Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 7/8/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Anything Goes: Relativism


Religion and Ethics


Cultural Relativism


Historical Relativism


Implications of Groups


Subjective Relativism


Theoretical vs. Moral Relativism


Moral Responsibility



Do What You Feel: Emotivism


Emotivism According to Hume


Later Development of Emotivism


Summary



Me First: Egoism and the Social Contract


Social Contract Theory


Social Contract Morality Since Hobbes


Conclusions



All's Well That Ends Well: Utilitarianism


Pleasure, Pain, and Morality


Utilitarianism of J. S. Mill


Rule Utilitarianism


Scientific Approach


Foundation for Moral Judgment


Conclusions About Pleasure/Pain Theories



Duty Calls: Kant's Formalism


Kant's Reevaluation of Reason


Determinism or Freedom


Practical Reason



Do Good and Avoid Evil: Natural Law


Comparison with Other Theories


Moral Responsibility


Relationships Among Traditions


Synthesis of Cicero


Freedom and Natural Law



Retrospective and Reevaluation


Utilitarian Theory


Social Contract Theory


Egoism


Emotivism


Relativism


Natural Law and Pluralism


Historicism


Conclusions



Ethics and Religion Revisited


Ethics Derived from Religion


Religion as an Ethical Obligation


Moral Importance of Religion



Epilogue: To Care or Not to Care


Notes


Index