A companion to ethics
1993; Oxford University Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 174 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1467-9213
Autores Tópico(s)Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
ResumoIntroduction, Peter Singer. Part 1 The roots: the origins of ethics ethics in small-scale societies ancient ethics (Mary Midgley, George Silberbauer, Gerald A.Larue). Part 2 The great ethical traditions: Indian ethics Buddhist ethics classical Chinese ethics Jewish ethics Christian ethics Islamic ethics (Purusottama Bilimoria, et al). Part 3 Western philosophical ethics: a short history - ethics in Ancient Greece medieval & Renaissance ethics modern Western ethics (Christopher Rowe, John Haldane, J.B.Schneewind). Part 4 How ought I to live?: natural law Kantian ethics the social contract tradition egoism contemporary deontology an ethic of Prima Facie duties consequentialism utility and the good virtue theory rights (Stephen Buckle, et al). Part 5 Applications: world poverty environmental ethics euthanasia abortion sex personal relationships equality discrimination and preferential treatment animals business ethics crime and punishment politics and the problem of dirty hands war and peace (Nigel Dower, et al). Part 6 The nature of ethics: realism intuitionism naturalism subjectivism relativism universal prescriptivism morality and pyschological development method and moral theory (Michael Smith, et al). Part 7 Challenge and critique: the idea of a female ethic the significance of evolution Marx against morality does ethics depend on religion? the implications of determinism (Jean Grimshaw, et al).
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