Ethics: Theory and Practice
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Make Ethical Ideas Accessible to Students
With a clear presentation, Ethics: Theory and Practice educates readers about ethical theory and has them apply what they learn to specific classic and contemporary moral problems (lying, cheating, establishing ethical business practices, honoring ethical obligations in medicine, etc.).
Jacques P. Thiroux first wrote this text 1977 in order to educate readers about ethical theory and its applications in a way that beginning students could understand. The result was an accessible text that isn't too technical and doesn't plunge into complex readings without sufficient background. The text is fully updated with global issues and non-Western ethical views. Keith W. Krasemann now continues Thiroux's efforts of making ethical ideas accessible to students. Besides updating the foundations of the text, Krasemann incorporates new and relevant material, most of which is often unique only to this text.
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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
The Nature of Morality
Chapter 2
Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality
Chapter 3
Nonconsequentialist (Deontological) Theories of Morality
Chapter 4
Virtue Ethics
Chapter 5
Absolutism Versus Relativism
Chapter 6
Freedom Versus Determinism
Chapter 7
Reward and Punishment
Chapter 8 Setting Up a Moral System: Basic Assumptions and Basic Principles
Chapter 9 The Taking of Human Life
Chapter 10 Allowing Someone to Die, Mercy Death, and Mercy Killing
Chapter 11 Abortion
Chapter 12 Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing
Chapter 13 Morality, Marriage, and Human Sexuality
Chapter 14 Bioethics-Ethical Issues in Medicine
Chapter 15 Environmental Ethics
Chapter 16 Business and Media Ethics
Appendixes
Introduction
Appendix 1:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of the Taking of Human Life
Appendix 2:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Allowing Someone to Die, Mercy Death, and Mercy Killing
Appendix 3:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Abortion
Appendix 4:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing
Appendix 5:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to the Moral Problems of Human Sexuality
Appendix 6:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to Moral Problems in Medicine (Bioethics)
Appendix 7:
Applying Humanitarian Ethics to Moral Problems in Business (Business and Media Ethics)
Appendix 8: Applying Humanitarian Ethics to Environmental Ethics
Supplementary Reading
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Index
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
The Nature of Morality
Objectives
What is Philosophy and Ethics' Relationship to It?
Definition of Key Terms
Approaches to the Study of Morality
Morality and Its Applications
Where Does Morality Come From?
Customary or Traditional and Reflective Morality
Morality, Law, and Religion
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Why Should Human Beings Be Moral?
Chapter Summary
Exercises for Review
Discussion Questions
Suggested Readings
Ethics Problem
Notes
Chapter 2
Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality
Objectives
Psychological Egoism
Ethical Egoism
Utilitarianism
Difficulty with Consequentialist Theories in General
Care Ethics
Chapter Summary
Exercises for Review
Discussion Questions