Understand Ethics - Thompson, Mel

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Résumé :

• : 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&hellip...

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    Previous edition: published as Ethics. 2006....

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• : 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
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