Ethics

, by Frankena, William K.

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ISBN: 9780132904780 | 0132904780
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Copyright: 11/1/1988

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Summary

An introduction to the standard material of ethics.

Preface

Morality and Moral Philosophy

(11)

An Example of Ethical Thinking (Socrates)

(2)

The Nature of Ethics or Moral Philosophy

(1)

The Nature of Morality

(4)

Factors in Morality

(1)

Kinds of Normative Judgment

(2)

Program for Rest of Book

(1)

Egoistic and Deontological Theories

(22)

The Primary Question

(1)

Importance of Factual Knowledge and Conceptual Clarity

(1)

Prevailing Rules as a Standard

(1)

Teleological Theories

(2)

Deontological Theories

(1)

Ethical Egoism

(3)

Psychological Egoism

(3)

Act-deontological Theories

(2)

Rule-deontological Theories

(3)

The Divine Command Theory

(2)

Kant's Theory

(4)

Utilitarianism, Justice, and Love

(27)

Utilitarianism

(1)

Act-utilitarianism

(2)

General Utilitarianism

(2)

Rule-utilitarianism

(4)

My Proposed Theory of Obligation

(2)

The Principle of Beneficence

(3)

The Principle of Justice: Equality

(4)

Summary of My Theory of Obligation

(1)

The Problem of Conflict

(1)

A Problem of Application

(1)

Duties to Self

(1)

Are Any Rules Absolute?

(1)

The Ethics of Love

(3)

Further Problems

(2)

Moral Value and Responsibility

(18)

Moral and Nonmoral Senses of ``Good,''

(1)

Morality and Cultivation of Traits

(1)

Ethics of Virtue

(2)

On Being and Doing: Morality of Traits vs. Morality of Principles

(2)

Moral Ideals

(1)

Dispositions to Be Cultivated

(2)

Two Questions

(1)

Moral Responsibility

(2)

Free Will and Responsibility

(6)

Intrinsic Value and the Good Life

(16)

Preliminary Remarks

(1)

``Good'' and Its Senses

(3)

Theories about What Is Good as an End: Hedonism and Non-hedonism

(2)

The First Line of Debate

(2)

The Second Line of Debate

(2)

Some Conclusions

(3)

The Good Life

(3)

Meaning and Justification

(22)

Meta-ethics and Its Questions

(1)

Theories of Justification

(1)

Definist Theories, Naturalistic and Metaphysical

(5)

Intuitionism

102

(3)

Noncognitive or Nondescriptivist Theories

105

(2)

Approach to an Adequate Theory

107

(2)

Relativism

109

(1)

A Theory of Justification

110

(3)

The Moral Point of View

113

(1)

Why Be Moral?

114

(3)

For Future Reading

117

(4)

Index

121

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