Moral of the Story : An Introduction to Ethics

by ROSENSTAND

• ISBN13: 9780767429108
• ISBN10: 0767429109
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This popular text uses examples from fiction and film to show how ethical theories can be applied. By linking abstract theory to "real life" through storytelling and story analysis, Rosenstand offers a remarkably effective way of helping students understand and evaluate moral issues.

Table of Contents

The Story as a Tool of Ethics

Who Cares About Ethics? Narratives: Jurassic Park

Wag the Dog

Stories with Morals Plato, The Republic

Aristotle, Poetics

Narratives: Euripides, Medea, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Pulp Fiction, Lord Jim

What Should I Do? Theories of Conduct

“Anthropology and the Abnormal”

“The Concept of Multicultural Education”

Narratives: Possessing the Secret of Joy, Sideshow, Do the Right Thing

Myself or Others? Plato, Republic

Leviathan

“The Ethics of Emergencies”

Narratives: Hero, Madame Bovary, Atlas Shrugged

Using Your Reason

Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham, “Of the Principle of Utility”

Utilitarianism

Narratives: “The Blacksmith and the Baker”, The Brothers Karamazov, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, Saving Private Ryan, Extreme Measures

Using Your Reason

Kant’s Deontology Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals

Metaphysics of Morals

Three Deontological Films: High Noon

Outland

Cop Land

Narratives: Abandon Ship!, Rebel Without a Cause, Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Justice”, The Bridges of Madison County

Personhood, Rights, and Justice The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

“Justice as Fairness”

An Eye for an Eye? The Morality of Punishing by Death

Journey Into Darkness

Narratives: Blade Runner, Gattaca, Losing Isaiah, “The Jigsaw Man”, Dead Man Walking

How Should I Be? Theories of Virtue

Socrates, Plato, and the Good Life Plato, Euthyphro

Plato, The Apology

Narratives: A Man for All Seasons, “The Myth of the Cave”

Aristotle’s Virtue Theory Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

Narratives: “The Flight of Icarus”, Njal’s Saga, Lord Jim, “A Piece of Advice”, As Good As It Gets

Modern Perspectives Søren Kierkegaard, “Johannes Climacus”

“Either/Or”

“The Paradox of Morality”

Narratives: Hannah and Her Sisters, No Exit, A Few Good Men

Different Gender, Different Ethic? Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

In a Different Voice

Narratives: A Doll’s House, Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Thelma and Louise

Case Studies in Virtues Philip Hallie, Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm

“On Growing Old Gracefully”

Narratives: The Parable of the Good Samaritan, “King Yudisthira and the Dog”, Schindler’s List, Eat Drink Man Woman, Grand Canyon, Othello, “The Faithful Wife and the Woman Warrior”, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Searchers

The Moral Importance of Stories, or The More I Love the Story Martha Nussbaum, Love’s Knowledge

Your Life as Story

Narratives: Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Smoke Signals, Tombstone

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index

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