Ethical theory : the problems of normative and critical ethics /
Brandt, Richard B.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall,
1959
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Ethical theory: its nature and purpose -- Chapter 2: Two tests of ethical principles: consistency and generality -- Chapter 3: Can science solve all ethical problems? -- Chapter 4: The use of authority in ethics -- Chapter 5: Ethical systems in different cultures and their development -- Chapter 6: The development of ethical values in the individual -- Chapter 7: Ethical naturalism -- Chapter 8: Nonnatural properties -- Chapter 9: Noncognitivism: the job of ethical sentences in not to state facts -- Chapter 10: The justification of ethical beliefs -- Chapter 11: Ethical relativism -- Chapter 12: Things worthwhile in themselves: (A) enjoyments -- Chapter 13: Things worthwhile in themselves : (B) pluralist theories -- Chapter 14: Moral obligation and personal interest -- Chapter 15: Moral obligation and general welfare -- Chapter 16: Distributive justice -- Chapter 17: Human rights -- Chapter 18: Moral assessments of actions and persons -- Chapter 19: Retributive justice and criminal law -- Chapter 20: Ethics and determinism.
Ethics.