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CMBRDG INTROS TO PHILOSOPHY: AN INTRO TO ETHICS

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<P>This book examines the central questions of ethics through a study of theories of right and wrong that are found in the great ethical works of Western philosophy. It focuses on theories that continue to have a significant presence in the field. The core chapters cover egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant's moral theory, and existentialist ethics. Readers will be introduced not only to the main ideas of each theory but to contemporary developments and defenses of those ideas. A final chapter takes up topics in meta-ethics and moral psychology. The discussions throughout draw the reader into philosophical inquiry through argument and criticism that illuminate the profundity of the questions under examination. Students will find this book to be a very helpful guide to how philosophical inquiry is undertaken as well as to what the major theories in ethics hold.</P>

An Introduction to Ethics

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Front Cover.
An Introduction to Ethics.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Preface.
What is Ethics?.
1: The Problems of Ethics: An Example.
2: Socrates and Thrasymachus.
3: The Subject of Ethics.
4: An Alternative Conception of Morality.
5: Two Types of Ethical Theory.
6: The Problem of Deontology.
7: The Idea of a Moral Community.
8: Ethical Theories and Moral Ideals.
Egoism.
9: The Wise Pursuit of Happiness.
10: The Concept of Happiness.
11: The Primary Argument for Egoism.
12: Psychological Egoism.
13: An Alternative Argument for Egoism.
14: Psychological Hedonism.
15: The Hobbesian Program.
16: Troubles with the Hobbesian Program&#x0027;s Derivations.
17: Troubles with the Hobbesian Program&#x0027;s Scope.
18: Thrasymachus&#x0027; Challenge Again.
Eudaimonism.
19: Egoism v. Eudaimonism.
20: The Platonic Form of Eudaimonism.
21: Perfectionist Objections to Hedonism.
22: Epicurus&#x0027; Answer.
23: Mill&#x0027;s Defense of Hedonism.
24: Plato&#x0027;s Ethics.
25: Rationalism v. Naturalism.
26: Aristotle&#x0027;s Naturalism.
27: A Problem in Aristotle&#x0027;s Program.
28: Prospects for Contemporary Eudaimonism.
Utilitarianism.
29: Impartiality.
30: Two Problems.
31: Consequentialism.
32: Mill&#x0027;s Restatement of Utilitarianism.
33: An Inconsistency in Mill&#x0027;s Restatement.
34: Rule Utilitarianism.
35: Act Utilitarianism Revisited.
36: Is Act Utilitarianism Self-Refuting?.
37: When Act Utilitarianism Ceases to be an Ethical Theory.
The Moral Law.
38: Two Theories of Moral Law.
39: Divine Command Theory.
40: Rational Intuitionism.
41: Ethics and Mathematics.
42: Kant&#x0027;s Way.
43: Formalism in Ethics.
44: The Problem with Kant&#x0027;s Formalism.
The Ethics of Self-Determination.
45: Kants Step into Metaphysics.
46: The Formula of Humanity.
47: Is the Formula of Humanity an Independent Principle?.
48: The Formula of Autonomy and the Kingdom of Ends.
49: Answering the Charge of Excessive Formalism.
50: Rationalism Revisited.
51: Personal Autonomy.
52: Existentialist Ethics.
53: The Excesses of Existentialism.
54: Existentialist Ethics Pruned of Excess.
Practical Reason.
55: Meta-Ethics.
56: Meta-Ethical Disputes: An Illustration.
57: Aristotle&#x0027;s Answer and An Existentialist Response.
58: Can There be Motives that Aim at Doing Evil for its own Sake?.
59: The Obsolescence of Aristotle&#x0027;s Answer.
60: The Eliminability of Teleological Explanations.
61: Modern Skepticism about Practical Reason.
62: Hume&#x0027;s Meta-Ethics.
63: Practical Reason in Modern Philosophy.
64: Kant&#x0027;s Notion of Practical Reason.
65: Freedom and Reason.
Appendix: Diagram of Different Teleological Theories.
Works Cited.
Suggested Further Readings.
Index.

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