The Fundamentals of Ethics 5th Edition by Russ Shafer Landau ISBN 9780190058319 0190058315

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Author: Russ Shafer Landau

The Fundamentals of Ethics 5th Edition Table of contents:

Part One The Good Life
Chapter 1 Hedonism
Happiness and Intrinsic Value
The Attractions of Hedonism
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 2 Is Happiness All that Matters?
The Paradox of Hedonism
Evil Pleasures
False Happiness
The Importance of Autonomy
Lifes Trajectory
Unhappiness as a Symptom of Harm
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 3 Getting What You Want
A Variety of Good Lives
Personal Authority
Avoiding Objective Values
Motivation
Justifying the Pursuit of Self-Interest
Knowledge of the Good
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 4 Problems for the Desire Theory
Getting What You Want May Not Be Necessary for Promoting Your Good
Getting What You Want May Not Be Sufficient for Promoting Your Good
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Part Two Normative Ethics: Doing the Right Thing
Chapter 5 Morality and Religion
First Assumption: Religious Belief Is Needed for Moral Motivation
Second Assumption: God Is the Creator of Morality
Third Assumption: Religion Is an Essential Source of Moral Guidance
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 6 Natural Law
The Theory and Its Attractions
Three Conceptions of Human Nature
Natural Purposes
The Argument from Humanity
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 7 Psychological Egoism
Egoism and Altruism
Does It Matter Whether Psychological Egoism Is True?
The Argument from Our Strongest Desires
The Argument from Expected Benefit
Two Egoistic Strategies
Letting the Evidence Decide
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 8 Ethical Egoism
Why Be Moral?
Two Popular Arguments for Ethical Egoism
The Best Argument for Ethical Egoism
Three Problems for Ethical Egoism
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 9 Consequentialism
The Nature of Consequentialism
The Attractions of Utilitarianism
The Scope of the Moral Community
Slippery Slope Arguments
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 10 Consequentialism
Measuring Well-Being
Utilitarianism Is Very Demanding
Impartiality
No Intrinsic Wrongness (or Rightness)
The Problem of Injustice
Potential Solutions to the Problem of Injustice
Rule Consequentialism
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 11 The Kantian Perspective
Consistency and Fairness
The Principle of Universalizability
Morality and Rationality
Assessing the Principle of Universalizability
Integrity
Kant on Absolute Moral Duties
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 12 The Kantian Perspective
The Principle of Humanity
The Importance of Rationality and Autonomy
The Problem of Free Will
Four Problems with the Principle of Humanity
The Good Will and Moral Worth
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 13 The Social Contract Tradition
The Lure of Proceduralism
The Background of the Social Contract Theory
The Prisoners Dilemma
Cooperation and the State of Nature
The Advantages of Contractarianism
More Advantages: Morality and the Law
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 14 The Social Contract Tradition
Why Be Moral?
The Role of Consent
Disagreement among the Contractors
The Scope of the Moral Community
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 15 Ethical Pluralism and Absolute Moral Rules
The Structure of Moral Theories
Is Torture Always Immoral?
Preventing Catastrophes
The Doctrine of Double Effect
Moral Conflict and Contradiction
Is Moral Absolutism Irrational?
The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 16 Ethical Pluralism
Rosss Ethic of Prima Facie Duties
The Advantages of Rosss View
A Problem for Rosss View
Knowing the Fundamental Moral Rules
Self-Evidence and the Testing of Moral Theories
Knowing the Right Thing to Do
Ethical Particularism
Three Problems for Ethical Particularism
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 17 Virtue Ethics
The Standard of Right Action
Moral Complexity
Moral Understanding
Moral Education
The Nature of Virtue
Virtue and the Good Life
Objections
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Chapter 18 Feminist Ethics
The Elements of Feminist Ethics
Moral Development
Womens Experience
The Ethics of Care
Challenges for Feminist Ethics
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Cases for Critical Reflection
List of Key Terms
Part Three Metaethics: The Status of Morality
Chapter 19 Ethical Relativism
Doubts about Objective Morality
Two Kinds of Ethical Relativism
Some Implications of Ethical Subjectivism and Cultural Relativism
Ideal Observers
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 20 Moral Nihilism
Error Theory
Expressivism
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 21 Eleven Arguments Against Moral Objectivity
Objectivity Requires Absolutism
All Truth Is Subjective
Equal Rights Imply Equal Plausibility
Moral Objectivity Supports Dogmatism
Moral Objectivity Supports Intolerance
Moral Objectivity Cannot Allow for Legitimate Cultural Variation
Moral Disagreement Undermines Moral Objectivity
Atheism Undermines Moral Objectivity
The Absence of Categorical Reasons Undermines Moral Objectivity
Moral Motivation Undermines Moral Objectivity
Values Have No Place in a Scientific World
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
List of Key Terms
Chapter 22 Is Moral Knowledge Possible?
The Skeptical Argument from Disagreement
Certainty
Whos to Say?
Irrelevant Influences
Humes Argument
Conclusion
List of Key Terms
Glossary
References
Suggestions for Further Reading
Where to Start
Hedonism
Getting What You Want
Morality and Religion
Natural Law
Psychological Egoism
Ethical Egoism
Consequentialism
Kantian Ethics
Social Contract Theory
Ethical Pluralism
Virtue Ethics
The Ethics of Feminism
The Status of Morality
Index

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