Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning, Theory, and Contemporary Issues 5th Edition

✍ Scribed by Lewis Vaughn

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 929
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover (Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues)
Front Matter
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Part 1 - Fundamentals
Chapter 1 - Ethics and the Examined Life
The Ethical Landscape
The Elements of Ethics
Religion and Morality
Chapter 2 - Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism
Subjective Relativism
Cultural Relativism
Emotivism
Part 2 - Moral Reasoning
Chapter 3 - Evaluating Moral Arguments
Claims and Arguments
Arguments Good and Bad
Implied Premises
Deconstructing Arguments
Moral Statements and Arguments
Testing Moral Premises
Assessing Nonmoral Premises
Avoiding Bad Arguments
Writing and Speaking About Moral Issues
Chapter 4 - The Power of Moral Theories
Theories of Right and Wrong
Major Theories
Evaluating Theories
Devising a Coherent Moral Theory
Part 3 - Theories of Morality
Chapter 5 - Consequentialist Theories: Maximize the Good
Ethical Egoism
Utilitarianism
Learning from Utilitarianism
Social Contract Theory
Chapter 6 - Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty
Kant’s Ethics
Learning from Kant’s Theory
Natural Law Theory
Learning from Natural Law
Chapter 7 - Virtue Ethics: Be a Good Person
The Ethics of Virtue
Virtue in Action
Evaluating Virtue Ethics
Learning from Virtue Ethics
Chapter 8 - Feminist Ethics and the Ethics of Care
Feminist Ethics
The Ethics of Care
Part 4 - Ethical Issues
Chapter 9 - Abortion
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 10 - Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 11 - Delivering Health Care
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 12 - Animal Welfare
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 13 - Environmental Ethics
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 14 - Racism, Equality, and Discrimination
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 15 - Sexual Morality
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 16 - Free Speech on Campus
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 17 - Drugs, Guns, and Personal Liberty
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 18 - Capital Punishment
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 19 - Political Violence: War, Terrorism, and Torture
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 20 - The Ethics of Immigration
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Chapter 21 - Global Economic Justice
Issue File: Background
Moral Theories
Moral Arguments
Glossary
Answers to Argument Exercises
Notes
Index