Moral reasoning: rediscovering the ethical tradition : moral reasoning

INDICE: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; What Is Ethics?; To Whom Is This Book Addressed?; This Book Presents an Alternative Account of Moral Philosophy; This Book Is an Account of Ethics in the Spirit of Aristotle; What Is the Purpose of Ethics?; Questions for Study and Review; 2: Moral Epistemology: We Can Reason about Morality; What is Moral Epistemology?; How Do We Reason; Challenges to Moral Epistemology; The 'Is-Ought' Fallacy; Why Should I be Moral? A Self-Interested Challenge; Moral Philosophy Requires Objectivity and Subjectivity; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Further Reading; 3: The Early Tradition: From Confucius to Jesus and Beyond; Introduction; Master Kong (Confucius); Heraclitus; Democritus; Diogenes the Cynic; Epicurus; Epictetus; Pyrrho; Protagoras; Jesus; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Further Reading; 4: Socrates and Plato; Introduction; Socratic Teachings; Plato's Teachings; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Further Reading; 5: Understanding Moral Theory: Aristotle; Introduction; On Happiness ( Eudaimonia); On Virtue ( Arete); On Practical Reason; On Means and Ends; On External Goods; On the Good Life; On Three Kinds of Life; On Virtue as Habit; On The Golden Mean; On Morality and Choice; On Two Moral Faults; On Six Character-Styles; On Five Kinds of Intelligence; On Two Minor Intellectual Virtues; On Moral Induction and Moral Deduction; (More) On First Moral Principles; On Slaves and Friends; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Further Reading; 6: Understanding Moral Theory: Thomas Aquinas; Introduction; On Religion and Morality: The Euthyphro Problem; On Virtue: Theological and Cardinal; On theCardinal Virtues; On the Definition of Law; On the Four Kinds of Law; Of the Principle of Double Effect; On the Internal and External Structure of Voluntary Action; On the Three Moral Criteria of a Good Action; A Thomistic Account ofIgnorance; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Further Reading; 7: The Contractarians: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Karl Marx; Introduction; Ancient Contractarianism: The Anonymous Iamblichi; Thomas Hobbes and the Beginnings of Modern Contractarianism; John Locke: Two-Tiered Contactarianism; Jean-Jacques Rousseau and The State of Nature; Karl Marx: Rousseau's Legacy; Hypothetical Agreement; Contractarian Virtue; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Futher Reading; 8: Kant: Duty and Moral Law;Introduction; Kant and the Enlightenment; On Reformation Theology; On Duty; On Morality Derives from Pure, A Priori Reason; On Happiness; On Good Will; On Imperatives: Categorical and Hypothetical; The Categorical Imperative: Five Universal Formulations; On Autonomy; Criticisms of Kant's Deontological Approach; Questions for Study and Review; Suggestions for Further Reading; 9: Utilitarianism and Liberalism: Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill; Introduction; Jeremy Bentham: Original Utilitarianism;

• ISBN: 978-0-19-542561-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Desconocida
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés