Ethics
Publisher: Author through Lulu.com
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 458
Table of contents: title: 1.	Chapter One	9; title: 1.	Basic Properties	9; title: 2.	Complementary Factors	18; title: 3.	How to Count Mitzvot	29; title: 4.	Commanded vs. Personal Morality	42; title: 2.	Chapter Two	50; title: 1.	Karmic Law Denied	50; title: 2.	Empirical Observations	51; title: 3.	Inductive Conclusions	52; title: 3.	Chapter Three	55; title: 1.	Harmonizing Justice and Mercy	55; title: 2.	Feelings of Emptiness	61; title: 4.	Chapter Four	65; title: 1.	Knowledge of Volition	65; title: 2.	Freedom of the Will	70; title: 3.	Decision and Choice	75; title: 4.	Goals and Means	79; title: 5.	Chapter Five	84; title: 1.	The Consciousness in Volition	84; title: 2.	The Factors of Responsibility	91; title: 3.	Judging, and Misjudging, People	96; title: 6.	Chapter Six	106; title: 1.	Influence Occurs via Consciousness	106; title: 2.	Knowledge of Effort, Influence and Freedom	111; title: 3.	Formal Analysis of Influence	114; title: 4.	Incitement	120; title: 7.	Chapter Seven	126; title: 1.	Some Features of Influence	126; title: 2.	Processes of Influence	133; title: 3.	Instincts in Relation to Freewill	138; title: 4.	Liberation from Unwanted Influences	141; title: 5.	Propositions about the Future	143; title: 8.	Chapter Eight	147; title: 1.	Volition and Biology	147; title: 2.	Therapeutic Psychology	154; title: 9.	Chapter Nine	161; title: 1.	Cognition, Volition and Valuation	161; title: 2.	Velleity	170; title: 3.	Whim	174; title: 4.	Inner Divisions	177; title: 10.	Chapter Ten	180; title: 1.	Valuation	180; title: 2.	The Main Valuations	184; title: 3.	Ethology	193; title: 11.	Chapter Eleven	202; title: 1.	Habits	202; title: 2.	Obsessions and Compulsions	205; title: 3.	The Ego Abhors a Vacuum	216; title: 12.	Chapter Twelve	223; title: 1.	Physical Urges and Impulses	223; title: 2.	Mental Urges and Impulses	235; title: 3.	Formal Analysis of Physical and Mental Urges	240; title: 4.	Are There Drives Within the Soul?	245; title: 5.	Formal Analysis of Spiritual Urges	248; title: 13.	Chapter Thirteen	255; title: 1.	Purposiveness	255; title: 2.	Organic Functions	257; title: 3.	The Continuity of Life	263; title: 14.	Chapter Fourteen	269; title: 1.	Social Darwinism	269; title: 2.	Spiritual Darwinism	275; title: 15.	Chapter Fifteen	280; title: 1.	Founding Ethics	280; title: 2.	Ethics Concerns the Living, Thinking, Willing	288; title: 3.	Conscience and Conformism	292; title: 4.	Tai Chi, Karma Yoga and Faith	296; title: 16.	Chapter Sixteen	302; title: 1.	Inducing Ethics	302; title: 2.	Ethical Formulas	309; title: 3.	Philosophy of Law	315; title: 17.	Chapter Seventeen	322; title: 1.	Against Kant on Freewill	322; title: 2.	Alleged Influences	326; title: 18.	Chapter Eighteen	329; title: 1.	The Goals of Meditation	329; title: 2.	The Individual Self in Monism	335; title: 19.	Chapter Nineteen	343; title: 1.	Distinguishing the Ego	343; title: 2.	Dismissing the Ego	347; title: 3.	Relief from Suffering	352; title: 20.	Chapter Twenty	359; title: 1.	Taking Up the Challenge	359; title: 2.	Face Facts with Equanimity	362; title: 21.	Chapter Twenty One	365; title: 1.	Stop Substance Addictions	365; title: 2.	Don’t Stuff Yourself Silly	368; title: 3.	Limit Input from the Media	370; title: 22.	Chapter Twenty Two	373; title: 1.	Forget Your Face	373; title: 2.	Give Up Sensuality	375; title: 2.	On “Sexual Liberation”	378; title: 23.	Chapter Twenty Three	383; title: 1.	Attachment	383; title: 2.	Non-attachment	385; title: 3.	Wise Moderation	387; title: 24.	Chapter Twenty Four	390; title: 1.	Freewill	390; title: 2.	The Is-Ought Dichotomy	394; title: 3.	The Standards of Ethics	400; title: 25.	Chapter Twenty Five	403; title: 1.	The Laws of Thought in Meditation	403; title: 2.	Reason and Spirituality	409; title: 26.	Chapter Twenty Six	415; title: 1.	Mental Health	415; title: 2.	Transcending Suffering and Karma	419; title: 27.	Chapter Twenty Seven	424; title: 1.	Enlightenment Without Idolatry	424; title: 2.	Good People	430; title: 3.	A World of Mercy	434; title: 28.	Chapter Twenty Eight	437; title: 1.	Understanding Injustice	437; title: 2.	Forgiveness	443; title: 3.	Actions and Reactions	448; title: References	455