Description
Book SynopsisWe all face questions on an almost daily basis related to truth and post-truth, particularly in the political sphere, terrorism, globalization, immigration and asylum, social responsibility, media and social-media ethics, and gender and LGBT issues. So how do you navigate this minefield?
Ethics for Life is an accessible introduction to all the key theories and thinkers. It shows the relevance of ethical ideas and theories to everyday life, emphasizing the way our view of ourselves and the societies we live in is shaped by our moral values and the arguments they are based on.With contemporary examples and discussion of current debates including terrorism, genetics and the media,
Ethics for Life will help you grasp how ethics applies to life today.
Table of Contents
- : Introduction: The Art of Living
- : What makes something moral?
- : What is the point of ethics?
- : At what price is integrity?
- : Rights and responsibilities
- : The art of living
- : Free to choose?
- : What kind of freedom?
- : Free will
- : Determinism
- : Reductionism
- : How much freedom does morality need?
- : Freedom and the state
- : What do we mean?
- : Three kinds of language
- : Defining key terms
- : Some theories
- : ‘Is’ and ‘ought’
- : Is it natural?
- : Does it have a ‘final cause’?
- : Some features of ‘natural law’
- : How do you decide what is ‘natural’?
- : Applying ‘natural law’
- : Are we naturally good or bad?
- : Evolution, change and the natural law
- : Looking for results
- : Egoistic hedonism
- : Utilitarianism
- : Forms of utilitarianism
- : Sex and utilitarianism
- : General criticisms of utilitarianism
- : The experience of moral choice
- : Conscience
- : The categorial imperative
- : The creative response
- : Determined and yet free?
- : Personal development and virtue
- : Altruism?
- : Nietzsche
- : Virture ethics
- : Existentialism
- : Humankind, Marx and Freud
- : Law and order
- : Society and moral choice
- : In whose interest?
- : Is equality possible?
- : Social rules
- : Crime and punishment
- : Capital punishment
- : In self-defence?
- : Civil disobedience
- : If Nietzsche were a civil servant…
- : Religion and moral values
- : How are religion and morality related?
- : Judaism
- : Christianity
- : Islam
- : Hinduism
- : Buddhism
- : Sikhism
- : Religious values and society
- : Should religious freedom be restricted?
- : Scepticism and relativism
- : Nietzsche and Machiavelli
- : Philosophers or politicians?
- : Relativism and moral absolutes
- : Situation ethics
- : Applied ethics
- : The natural environment
- : Animal rights
- : International issues
- : Poverty and international aid
- : War and peace
- : Feminist issues
- : Some issues in medical ethics
- : The beginning and end of life
- : Genetics
- : Media issues
- : Business issues
- : Some conclusions
- : Moral progress: can people change?
- : A better world: illusion or essential hope?
- : So where does this leave us?
- : Taking it further
- : Further reading
- : Websites
- : Glossary
- : Index
