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White Thomas I |
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Right and Wrong : A Practical Introduction to Ethics |
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Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2017 |
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©2016 |
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9781119099307 |
9781119099338 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Monografia |
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Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Ethics: What It Is, Does, and Isn't -- Philosophical Ethics -- Ethics: What Is It? -- Ethics -- Ethics and Philosophy -- What Ethics Isn't -- Ethics and Emotion-"What Counts Most Is What You Think" -- Ethics and Authority- "What Counts Most Is What You Think" -- Ethics, Authority, and Religion -- Ethics, Authority, and the Law -- Ethical Relativism -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 An "Ethical Yardstick"? -- What Makes Something Wrong? -- The Basis of a Standard-Human Well‐Being, a Satisfying Life, and Flourishing -- Ethics and Human Well‐Being -- Human 'Well-Being,' Evolution, Adaptation, and a Successful and Satisfying Life -- Flourishing -- What Do Humans Need in Order to 'Flourish'? -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Something for the Skeptics -- On Human Adaptability -- Human Well-Being, Successful Life, Satisfying Life, Flourishing, and Ethics -- What Makes Something an "Ethical" Issue? Our Three Cases -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3 Measuring Consequences -- A Teleological (Results-Oriented) Approach to Ethics -- Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism, and Pleasure -- Measuring Pleasure-Bentham's "Hedonistic Calculus" -- Example 1: Mugging Grandma -- Example 2: Do I Turn in My Partner? -- Example 3: 'Double' Dating -- John Stuart |
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Mill and Quality of Pleasure -- Evaluating Quality -- Analyzing Pleasures over the Long Run -- 'Double' Dating-a Reconsideration -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4 Evaluating Actions -- A Deontological (Act-Oriented) Approach to Ethics -- Actions and Results: Drawing the Line -- Judging Actions through Results -- Judging Actions -- Measuring the Immeasurable-"Human" Behavior -- A Digression-A Few Words about the Intangible. |
Back on Track- "Human" Behavior -- Choice and Freedom -- Freedom, Morality, and Immanuel Kant -- "Human" Behavior-other Facets -- "Never simply as a means" -- "In your own person" -- Intelligence (Reason) and Ethics -- Detour #1: Choice and Moral Responsibility -- Detour #2: Kant, Reason, and Human Action -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 5 Virtue Ethics and the Ethics of Care -- Ethics and Character -- Aristotle and Virtue Ethics -- The Virtues and the Mean -- Moral Excellence as a Skill -- The Need for a Teacher or Coach -- Weaknesses of this Approach -- A Final Evaluation of Aristotle's Approach -- A Personal Inventory -- Ethics of Care -- Two Ethical Voices -- An Alternative Approach to Ethics -- A Final Evaluation of an Ethic of Care -- Chapter 6 Doing Right: Why Bother? -- Socrates-The Health of the Soul and "Vice Harms the Doer" -- Vice Harms the Doer -- A Final Word about Socrates -- St Augustine and the "Wages of Sin" -- Another Tale of Corruption-The Dark Side of "The Force" -- Ethics, Maslow, and Self-Actualization -- Self-Actualizers: Moral Vision and the Objectivity of Ethics -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Case Studies -- Cheating: Hassan and his Disappointing Professor -- Why is this an 'Ethical' Issue? -- Identifying the Consequences. (We Need to Be Sure to Use Mill's Ideas About the Qualitative Differences and the Importance of the Long‐Term.) -- Evaluating the Actions -- Virtue Ethics and an Ethic of Care -- Hassan's Case: A Final Word -- Friends, Parties, Players, Deception and Drama -- Why is this an Ethical Issue? -- Identifying the Consequences. (Include Qualitative Differences and the Long Term.) -- Evaluating the Actions -- Virtue Ethics and an Ethic of Care -- Jenna's Case: A Final Word -- Index -- EULA. |
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