Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics

Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics

McGraw-Hill Education

08/2017

800

Mole

Inglês

9781259907968

1125

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PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART 1: The Story as a Tool of EthicsChapter 1: Thinking About ValuesDo We Need a Code of Ethics?Values, Morals, and EthicsGood and EvilDebating Moral Issues from Religion to Neurobiology and StorytellingMartha Nussbaum: Stories, Ethics, and EmotionsA Philosophical Example, a Real-Life Event, and Two Fictional Stories about LyingPrimary Reading: Martha Nussbaum, Love's KnowledgePrimary Reading: Philip Zimbardo, The Lucifer EffectNarrative: Smoke SignalsNarrative: Big Fish Narrative: East of Eden Chapter 2: Learning Moral Lessons from StoriesDidactic StoriesThe New Interest in Stories Across the ProfessionsThe Value of Stories Across Time and SpacePrimary Reading: Plato, Republic, Book X Primary Reading: Aristotle, Poetics Primary Reading: Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose Primary Reading: Raymond Chandler, "The Simple Art of Murder" Narrative: Medea Narrative: The Sorrows of Young WertherNarrative: The Education of Mingo Narrative: Pulp Fiction PART 2: What Should I Do? Ethics of ConductChapter 3: Ethical RelativismHow to Deal with Moral DifferencesThe Lessons of AnthropologyProblems with Ethical RelativismRefuting Ethical RelativismJames Rachels and Soft UniversalismEthical Relativism and MulticulturalismPrimary Reading: Ruth Benedict, "Anthropology and the Abnormal" Primary Reading: James Rachels, "Problems from Philosophy"Primary Reading: John Steinbeck, "Paradox and Dream"Narrative: The Poisonwood BibleNarrative: Possessing the Secret of JoyNarrative: Avatar Chapter 4: Myself or Others?Psychological Egoism: What About the Heroes?Psychological Egoism: From Glaucon to HobbesThree Major Problems With Psychological EgoismEthical Egoism, Ayn Rand's Objectivism, and Its CriticsBeing Selfless: Levinas's Ideal Altruism Versus Singer's Reciprocal AltruismA Natural Fellow-Feeling? Hume and de WaalPrimary Reading: Plato, The Republic Primary Reading: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Primary Reading: Ayn Rand, "The Ethics of Emergencies"Primary Reading: Frans de Waal, Primates and Philosophers: How Morality EvolvedNarrative: Friends episode: "The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS" Narrative: Return to Paradise Narrative: Atlas Shrugged Chapter 5: Using Your Reason, Part 1: UtilitarianismJeremy Bentham and the Hedonistic CalculusAdvantages and Problems of Sheer Numbers: From Animal Welfare to the Question of TortureJohn Stuart Mill: Higher and Lower PleasuresMill's Harm PrincipleAct and Rule UtilitarianismPrimary Reading: Jeremy Bentham, "Of the Principle of Utility" Primary Reading: John Stuart Mill, UtilitarianismPrimary Reading: Peter Singer, "A Convenient Truth"Narrative: "The Blacksmith and the Baker" Narrative: The Brothers Karamazov Narrative: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"Narrative: Extreme MeasuresNarrative: The Invention of Lying Chapter 6: Using Your Reason, Part 2: Kant's DeontologyConsequences Don't Count-Having a Good Will DoesThe Categorical ImperativeRational Beings Are Ends in ThemselvesBeings Who Are ThingsThe Kingdom of EndsPrimary Reading: Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Primary Reading: Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysics of MoralsNarrative: High Noon Narrative: 3:10 to Yuma Narrative: Match Point Chapter 7: Personhood, Rights, and JusticeWhat Is a Human Being?The Expansion of the Concept "Human"Personhood: The Key to RightsScience and Moral Responsibility: Genetic Engineering, Stem Cell Research, and CloningQuestions of Rights and EqualityDistributive Justice: From Rawls to Affirmative ActionForward- and Backward-Looking Justice and Affirmative ActionCriminal Justice: Restorative Versus Retributive JusticePrimary Reading: Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Primary Reading: Jurgen Habermas, The Future of Human NaturePrimary Reading: John Rawls, "Justice as Fairness"Primary Reading: Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail"Primary Reading: Two Texts on Discrimination: John Bertreaux, "Defining Racism in the 21st Century" and "Unseen, Unheard, Unchosen" Narrative: The Island Narrative: Gattaca Narrative: Mississippi Burning Narrative: Hotel Rwanda PART 3: How Should I Be? Virtue EthicsChapter 8: Virtue Ethics from Tribal Philosophy to Socrates and PlatoWhat Is Virtue? What Is Character?Non-Western Virtue Ethics: Africa and Indigenous AmericaVirtue Ethics in the WestThe Good Teacher: Socrates' Legacy, Plato's WorksThe Good LifeThe Virtuous Person: The Tripartite SoulPlato's Theory of FormsPlato's Influence on ChristianityPrimary Reading: Plato, The RepublicPrimary Reading: Plato, ApologyPrimary Reading: Ronald Dworkin, What Is a Good Life?Narrative: A Man for All Seasons Narrative: "The Myth of the Cave"Narrative: The Truman Show Narrative: The Store of the Worlds Chapter 9: Aristotle's Virtue Theory: Everything in ModerationEmpirical Knowledge and the Realm of the SensesAristotle the ScientistAristotle's Virtue Theory: Teleology and the Golden MeanAristotle's Influence on AquinasSome Objections to Greek Virtue TheoryPrimary Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IIPrimary Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IIINarrative: "The Flight of Icarus" Narrative: Njal's SagaNarrative: Lord Jim Narrative: "A Piece of Advice" Chapter 10: Contemporary PerspectivesEthics and the Morality of Virtue as Political ConceptsHave Virtue, and Then Go Ahead: Mayo, Foot, and SommersThe Quest for Authenticity: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and LevinasPrimary Reading: Soren Kierkegaard, Johannes Climacus Primary Reading: Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or Primary Reading: Jean-Paul Sartre, "Existentialism Is a Humanism" Primary Reading: "The Paradox of Morality: An Interview with Emmanuel Levinas"Primary Reading: Dwight Furrow, A Cultureof CareNarrative: Groundhog DayNarrative: No Exit Narrative: Good Will Hunting Narrative: The Searchers Chapter 11: Case Studies in VirtueCourage of the Physical and Moral KindCompassion: From Hume to Huck FinnGratitude: Asian Tradition and Western ModernityVirtue and Conduct: The Option of Soft UniversalismDiversity, Politics, and Common Ground?Primary Reading: John McCain, Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver LifePrimary Reading: Philip Hallie, Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm Primary Reading: Jesse Prinz, Is Empathy Necessary for Morality?Primary Reading: Lin Yutang, "On Growing Old Gracefully"Narrative: Courage: Band of Brothers, Third Episode, "Carentan"Narrative: Courage: True GritNarrative: Compassion: "The Parable of the Good Samaritan"Narrative: Compassion: Schindler's List Narrative: Gratitude: Eat Drink Man Woman Narrative: Gratitude: Pay It Forward Chapter 12: Different Gender, Different Ethics?Feminism and Virtue TheoryWhat Is Gender Equality?Women's Historical Role in the Public SphereThe Rise of Modern FeminismClassical, Difference, and Radical FeminismPrimary Reading: Harriet Taylor Mill, "Enfranchisement of Women"Primary Reading: Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex Primary Reading: Carol Gilligan, In a Different Voice Narrative: A Doll's House Narrative: Maids of MisfortuneNarrative: "The Woman Destroyed"Narrative: A Thousand Splendid Suns Chapter 13: Applied Ethics: A SamplerThe Question of Abortion and PersonhoodEuthanasia as a Right to Choose?Media Ethics and Media BiasBusiness Ethics: The Rules of the GameJust War TheoryAnimal Welfare and Animal RightsEthics of the Environment: Think Globally, Act LocallyThe Death PenaltyThe Ethics of Self-Improvement: Narrative IdentityA Final WordPrimary Reading: Andrew Belsey and Ruth Chadwick, "Ethics as a Vehicle for Media Quality"Primary Reading: Amber Levanon Seligson and Laurie Choi, "Critical Elements of an Organizational Ethical Culture" Primary Reading: Scott Gottlieb, "How Safe Is Our Food? FDA Could Do Better" Primary Reading: John Rawls, The Law of Peoples Primary Reading: Great Ape Project, "The Declaration on Great Apes"Primary Reading: Lee Hall and Anthony Jon Waters, "From Property to Person: The Case of Evelyn Hart"Primary Reading: "Ethics and the Environment"Primary Reading: Severin Carrell, "Al Gore: Clear Proof That Climate Change Causes Extreme Weather"Primary Reading: Myles Allen, "Al Gore is Doing a Disservice to Science by Overplaying the Link Between Climate Change and Weather"Primary Reading: Tom Sorell, "Two Ideals and the Death Penalty"Primary Reading: Mark Fuhrman, Death and Justice: An Expose of Oklahoma's Death Row MachineNarrative: Media Ethics/Business Ethics: State of Play Narrative: Business Ethics: The Insider Narrative: Business Ethics/Environmental Ethics: Cold WindNarrative: "The Jigsaw Man" Narrative: The Life of David GaleCreditsBibliographyGlossaryIndex
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