Ethics for Life
Subtitle: A Text with Readings
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Published: July 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780072831337
Copyright date: 2004
First sentence: It's the beginning of a new semester.
Table of contents: title: Section one : The study of ethics.; title: 1. Ethics : an overview; title: 2. Moral reasoning; title: Section two : Ethical relativism.; title: 3. Ethical subjectivism : morality is just a matter of personal feeling; title: 4. Cultural relativism : is morality dependent on culture?; title: Section three : Beyond ethical relativism.; title: 5. Is morality grounded in religion?; title: 6. Conscience and moral development; title: Section four : Morality as universal.; title: 7. Ethical egoism : morality is acting in our best self-interest; title: 8. Utilitarianism : the greatest happiness principle; title: 9. Deontology : the ethics of duty; title: 10. Rights ethics : the other side of deontology; title: 11. Virtue ethics and the good life; title: Afterword : Applying moral theory in real life