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Cover 1 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Preface 19 New Features 19 Organization 19 Pedagogical Features 20 Supplements 20 Acknowledgments 20 Part 1: Fundamentals 23 1: Ethics and the Examined Life 25 The Ethical Landscape 27 The Elements Of Ethics 28 Religion And Morality 31 Summary 34 Exercises 34 Readings 35 From What Is the Socratic Method? 35 From The Euthyphro 38 From Common-Sense Religion 41 2: Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism 44 Subjective Relativism 45 Cultural Relativism 47 Emotivism 52 Summary 54 Exercises 55 Readings 56 From Anthropology and the Abnormal 56 Trying Out One’s New Sword 59 Part 2: Moral Reasoning 63 3: Evaluating Moral Arguments 65 Claims And Arguments 65 Arguments Good And Bad 67 Implied Premises 71 Deconstructing Arguments 72 Moral Statements And Arguments 75 Testing Moral Premises 77 Assessing Nonmoral Premises 79 Avoiding Bad Arguments 80 Summary 84 Exercises 84 Part 3: Theories of Morality 87 4: The Power of Moral Theories 89 Theories Of Right And Wrong 89 Major Theories 91 Evaluating Theories 94 Summary 98 Exercises 98 5: Consequentialist Theories: Maximize the Good 100 Ethical Egoism 100 Utilitarianism 106 Learning From Utilitarianis

Author

Vaughn, Lewis

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393265415

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Rating

4.4 / 5 (342 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14