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Ch. 1 Ethics and the Moral Life --
The Ethical Landscape --
The Elements of Ethics --
The Preeminence of Reason --
The Universal Perspective --
The Principle of Impartiality --
The Dominance of Moral Norms --
Religion and Morality --
Believers Need Moral Reasoning --
When Conflicts Arise, Ethics Steps In --
Moral Philosophy Enables Productive Discourse --
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Ethical Dilemmas --
ch. 2 Relativism and Emotivism --
Subjective Relativism --
Cultural Relativism --
Emotivism --
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Ethical Dilemmas --
ch. 3 Moral Arguments --
Claims and Arguments --
Arguments Good and Bad --
Implied Premises --
Moral Statements and Arguments --
Testing Moral Premises --
Assessing Nonmoral Premises --
Avoiding Bad Arguments --
Begging the Question --
Equivocation --
Appeal to Authority --
Slippery Slope --
Appeal to Emotion --
Faulty Analogy --
Appeal to Ignorance --
Straw Man --
Appeal to the Person --
Hasty Generalization --
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Ethical Dilemmas --
ch. 4 Moral Theories --
Theories of Right and Wrong --
Major Theories --
Consequentialist Theories --
Nonconsequentialist Theories --
Evaluating Theories --
Criterion 1 Consistency with Considered Judgments --
Criterion 2 Consistency with Our Moral Experience --
Criterion 3 Usefulness in Moral Problem Solving --
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ch. 5 Ethical Egoism --
Applying the Theory --
Evaluating the Theory --
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ch. 6 Utilitarianism --
Applying the Theory --
Evaluating the Theory --
Learning from Utilitarianism --
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ch. 7 Kantian Ethics --
Applying the Theory --
Evaluating the Theory --
Learning from Kant's Theory --
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ch. 8 Natural Law Theory --
Applying the Theory --
Evaluating the Theory --
Learning from Natural Law --
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ch. 9 Social Contract Theory --
Hobbes's Theory --
Pluses and Minuses --
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ch. 10 The Feminist Challenge --
Feminist Ethics --
The Ethics of Care --
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ch. 11 Virtue Ethics --
Virtue in Action --
Evaluating Virtue Ethics --
Learning from Virtue Ethics --
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ch. 12 A Moral Theory --
Moral Common Sense --
Building a Moral Theory --
Prima Facie Principles --
Three Rules --
Self-Evidence --
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Ethical Dilemmas.
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