The good life: options in ethics
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Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
Rowman & Littlefield
[2017]
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| Ausgabe: | Fifth edition |
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 295 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781442272552 |
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Preface xi
About the Author xiii
Introduction 1
The Nature of Ethics 1
The Standard of Reasonableness 2
Part I Clearing the Ground
1 Putting Ethics in Its Place 9
The Role of Ethics within Philosophy 9
Ethics and Science 15
The Naturalistic Fallacy 16
Ethics and Religion 17
Plato’s Euthyphro 18
Ethics and Psychology 19
Psychological Egoism 21
Review Questions 23
2 Free Will and Determinism 25
Do We Have Free Choice? 26
Fatalism and Predestination 27
Social Scientific Determinism 28
The Compelling Factors 29
The Libertarian Reply 32
The Arguments for Free Will 34
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VI Contents
Hard and Soft Determinism 36
Review Questions 37
3 The Challenge of Relativism 39
Are Values Relative to Our Society? 39
Sources of Relativism 41
Social Science and Multiculturalism 41
Objectivism 48
The Counter Arguments 48
Are Some Actions Intrinsically Valuable 52
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 53
Review Questions 54
Part II Ideals in Living
4 Hedonism as the Good 55
Ethical Hedonism 57
Individualistic Hedonism 59
The Cyrenaics 59
The Epicureans 62
Universalistic Hedonism —Utilitarianism 65
Jeremy Bentham 66
John Stuart Mill 70
A Critical Assessment 72
The Value of Happiness 73
Review Questions 74
5 Self-Realization 75
Developing Our Potentialities 76
Becoming Fully Actualized 76
Defining the Self in Time and Space 78
The Self in Space 78
The Self in Time 80
Flaws and Weaknesses 81
Realizing Ourselves as Human Beings 82
Is Human Nature Good? 84
Aristotle 85
The Golden Mean 87
Review Questions 91
Evolutionism 93
The Meaning of Evolution 93
Evolution and Religion 94
Social Darwinism 99
The Fittest and the Best 101
Spencer’s Evolutionary Ethic 103
The Breadth of Life 103
A Critical Appraisal 105
Evaluating Evolutionism Overall 107
Review Questions 108
The Ethic of Duty 109
Judging the Worth of Conduct 109
The Right and the Good 110
Deontology and Teleology 112
The Intention Behind Action 114
The Kantian Ethic 115
Are There Universal Values? 119
Review Questions 124
The Teachings of Religion 125
Judaism—The Old Testament 126
Christianity—The New Testament 130
Concepts of Love and Justice 131
Islam 137
The Five Pillars of Faith 138
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Buddhism 141
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path 143
Review Questions 147
9 Virtue Ethics 149
Ancient Greece 150
The Noble Person 151
Medieval Purity 153
The Modern Perspective 154
Character and Moral Sentiments 154
Feminist Virtue Ethics 157
Personal Caring Rather Than Moral Rules 158
Review Questions 163
10 Existentialism 165
The Human Condition 166
Anxiety and Alienation 167
Existence Precedes Essence 168
Phenomenology 169
The Seminal Figures 172
Modern Existentialism 177
Jean-Paul Sartre 177
Review Questions 181
Part III Contemporary Moral Issues
11 Contraception and Abortion 183
Artificial Contraceptives 184
The Conflict over Abortion 187
Contents ¡X
When Does the Fetus Become a Person? 189
Pro-Life v. Pro-Choice 193
Review Questions 198
Punishment and the Death Penalty 199
Personal Responsibility 199
Rival Theories of Punishment 205
Arguments Surrounding Capital Punishment 209
Review Questions 216
Sexual Ethics 217
Does Consent Legitimize Any Private Act? 217
Moral and Immoral Sex 220
The Homosexuality Controversy 226
Are Gay Sexual Relations Wrong? 228
Review Questions 230
The Natural Environment 235
Is Nature Good? 235
Our Relationship to the Natural World 238
Animal Welfare 241
Using Animals for Food, Testing, Clothing, and Entertainment 245
Review Questions 250
X Contents
15 Racism and Sexism 251
Should We Ever Generalize About People? 251
The Remedy of Affirmative Action 254
Discrimination Based On Sex 260
Forms of Abuse 263
Review Questions 268
Afterword 269
Notes 271
A Glossary of Philosophic Terms 283
Index 291 |
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