Ethical StudiesA detailed treatment of ethics, preparing students for the methods of study expected in higher education. Covering the major western theories and their religious connections, as well as a series of pertinent contemporary ethical issues. This second edition has been substantially updated to provide comprehensive coverage of the Religious Ethics requirements of all major awarding bodies. |
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Contents
Introduction | 12 |
Absolutism and relativism | 13 |
Extracts from key texts | 19 |
Natural moral law | 23 |
a theory of usefulness | 36 |
Kant | 52 |
Naturalism and intuitionism | 64 |
Emotivism and prescriptivism | 76 |
egoism and humanism | 161 |
Ethical Issues | 173 |
Sexual ethics and homosexuality | 175 |
abortion | 191 |
IVF and embryo research | 202 |
Voluntary euthanasia | 215 |
Business ethics | 225 |
Environmental ethics | 242 |
Determinism and free will | 87 |
Key philosophers and texts | 96 |
Situation ethics | 98 |
Virtue theory | 111 |
Religion and Ethics | 121 |
Religion and morality | 123 |
Buddhist Christian and Muslim Ethics | 134 |
Conscience | 144 |
Justice and punishment | 255 |
War and peace | 277 |
human and animal | 290 |
Human cloning | 307 |
Glossary | 317 |
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Common terms and phrases
A. J. Ayer abortion absolute absolutist Alasdair MacIntyre animals approach argues arguments Ayer behaviour believed CHAPTER SUMMARY Christian ethics command conscience consider criminal culture deontological determinism duty egoism emotivism environmental ethics equal ethical theory Euthyphro evil Extracts from key F. H. Bradley feel Fletcher foetus freedom God's happiness homosexuality human cloning human rights immoral individual intrinsically Introduction Key intuition Jesus justice justify Kant key texts killing libertarian live MacIntyre maintain marriage means moral decisions moral judgements moral rules moral statements morally responsible motive murder natural law natural moral law Nozick pain person philosophers pleasure precepts principles Psychological egoism punishment questions R. M. Hare Rawls reason rejects relativism religion religious reproduction Roman Catholic Church rule utilitarianism sexual situation ethics social society Socrates St Thomas Aquinas teleological there's things tion virtue theory voluntary euthanasia W. D. Ross