Ethics

by Editor: James Sterba (University of Notre Dame)

• ISBN13: 9780631202868
• ISBN10: 0631202862
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This anthology focuses on the central questions of ethics: What is the nature of morality? Why be moral? What are the requirements of morality?

Author Biography

James P. Sterba is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, where he teaches ethics and political philosophy. He has written more than 120 articles and published 15 books, including How to Make People Just (1988), Earth Ethics (1994), Feminist Philosophies, 2nd edition (1995), Morality in Practice, 5th edition (1996), and, most recently, Justice for Here and Now (1997). He is a past president of the North American Society for Social Philosophy, of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, and of the International Society for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (American section). He has lectured widely in the United States and Europe.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Nature of Morality: What is Morality?

Morality as Good in Itself

The Emotive Theory of Morality

The New Subjectivism in Morality

How to Derive 'Ought' from 'Is'

On Not Deriving 'Ought' from 'Is'

Moral Beliefs

Moral Disagreement Today and the Claims of Emotivism

The Justification of Morality: Why Be Moral?

On Reason and the Emotions

The Rational and the Moral Order

Rationality Does Not Require Morality

The Justificatory Argument for Human Rights

Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives

From Rationality to Morality

Alternative Moral Perspectives: What Does Morality Require?:.Utility

Utilitarianism

Against Utilitarianism

Traditional Morality and Utilitarianism

The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories

Alienation, Consequentialism and the.Demands of Morality. Duty

Duty and Categorical Rules

Kantian Ethics

Kant on Dealing with Evil

Libertarianism

Welfare Liberalism

From Liberty to Welfare.Virtue

The Virtuous Life

Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach

The Nature of Virtues

A Critique of Virtue-Based Ethical Systems

Are Virtues No More Than Dispositions to Obey Moral Rules?Walter Schaller

Ancient Ethics and Modern Morality

Challenges to Morality:.Feminism: How is Gender Relevant to Morality?

Equality for Men and Women

What Do Women Want in a Moral Theory?

The Transformation of Moral Theory."

What Can Feminists Learn About Morality from Caring?

Toward a Feminist Conception of Moral Reasoning.Environmentalism: Who is to Count in Morality?

Chimpanzee Justice

All Animals Are Equal

The Ethics of Respect for Nature

Environmental Justice

The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism.Postmodernism: Morality From Whose Cultural Perspective?

Gender Inequality and Cultural Difference

Race/Gender and the Ethics of Difference

A Response to Jane Flax

Suggested Further Reading

Index

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