Description
Book SynopsisEthics for Life provides students with an ethics curriculum that has been shown to significantly improve students' ability to make real-life moral decisions. Solidly based in the latest research on the moral development of college students and providing students with a broad overview of the major world moral philosophies and case studies based on real-life issues.
Ethics for Life is presented in a historical and interdisciplinary context offering a more holistic approach.
Table of ContentsSection I The Study of EthicsCHAPTER 1 Ethics an Overview
CHAPTER 2 Moral Reasoning
CHAPTER 3 Conscience and Moral Development
Section II Ethical RelativismCHAPTER 4 Ethical Subjectivism: Morality Is Just a Matter of Personal Feeling
CHAPTER 5 Divine Command Theory and Civil Religion
CHAPTER 6 Cultural Relativism: Is Morality Dependent on Culture?
Section III Morality as UniversalCHAPTER 7 Ethical Egoism: Morality Is Acting in Our Best Self-Interest
CHAPTER 8 Utilitarianism: The Greatest Happiness Principle
CHAPTER 9 Natural Law Theory: Morality Is Part of Rational Nature
CHAPTER 10 Deontology: The Ethics of Duty
CHAPTER 11 Rights Ethics
CHAPTER 12 Virtue Ethics and the Good Life
Afterward: Applying Moral Theory in Real Life
