Do Morals Matter?, Second, A Textbook Guide to Contemporary Religious Ethics by Markham, Ian S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Preface 1 Thinking about Ethics

1.1 Ethics and Morals 1.2 Thought Exercises and Case Studies 1.3 Let the Journey Begin Reflection Questions Discussion Questions Reference

Part I: Philosophical Ethics

2 Why Not Do Wrong?

2.1 Thought Exercise 2.2 Standing Back from the Thought Exercise 2.3 Ethics and Religion 2.4 Introducing Friedrich Nietzsche 2.5 Interpreting Nietzsche 2.6 The Value of Nietzsche Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

3 Is the Ethical a Human Construct or a Factual Realm?

3.1 Thought Exercise 3.2 Argument for a Human Construct View of Morality: Subjective or Non‐Cognitive Accounts of Ethics 3.3 Arguments for Ethical Objectivity 3.4 Positions in Between 3.5 So, Is Morality Objective or Subjective or Somewhere in Between? Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

4 Do You Just Do What Is Right or Do You Try to Predict the Outcomes?

4.1 Thought Exercise 4.2 Deontological Approaches 4.3 Consequentialism and Utilitarianism 4.4 Rule Utilitarianism 4.5 Transcending the Deontological and Consequentialist Options Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

5 Natural Law and Virtue Ethics

5.1 Thought Exercise 5.2 Roots of Natural Law in Antiquity 5.3 Aquinas and Natural Law 5.4 The Development of the Natural Law Tradition 5.5 The Virtues 5.6 Difficulties with This Tradition Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

6 Ethics and the Bible

6.1 Case Study 6.2 Biblical Authority and Evangelicals 6.3 Difficulties with Biblical Authority 6.4 The Christocentric Approach 6.5 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

7 Learning from the Wisdom of the World

7.1 Thought Exercise 7.2 Ethical Methodology 7.3 Shared Ethical Insights 7.4 Differing Ethical Outlooks 7.5 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

8 Humanism

8.1 Thought Exercise 8.2 The Assumptions of Secular Humanists 8.3 Four Arguments for Secular Humanism 8.4 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

Part II: Ethical Dilemmas

9 Dilemmas in Bed

9.1 Thought Exercise 9.2 The Libertarian View 9.3 The Roman Catholic Position 9.4 Homosexuality 9.5 Alternative Frameworks 9.6 Looking Ahead 9.7 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

10 Dilemmas in Business

10.1 Case Study 10.2 The Ethical Roots of Business 10.3 Basic Business Ethics 10.4 Difficult Ethical Questions 10.5 Business and Marketing 10.6 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

11 Dilemmas in Medicine

11.1 Thought Exercise 11.2 Abortion 11.3 Euthanasia 11.4 Other Medical Dilemmas 11.5 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

12 Dilemmas Involving Violence and Power

12.1 Thought Exercise 12.2 Types of Violence 12.3 Views of Humanity 12.4 From Love and Acceptance to Hostility 12.5 The Pacifist Response 12.6 The Just War Tradition 12.7 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

13 Dilemmas in Government and Leadership

13.1 Thought Exercise 13.2 The Role of Government in the State 13.3 The Hart–Devlin Debate 13.4 The Remarkable Achievement of Democracy 13.5 Leadership Ethics 13.6 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

14 Dilemmas and the Future

14.1 Thought Exercise 14.2 Economic Growth 14.3 The Environment 14.4 Global Climate Change 14.5 Animals 14.6 Rocks and Mountains 14.7 Conclusion Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

15 Dilemmas in the Cyber World

15.1 History of the Internet 15.2 The Complexity of Presence 15.3 The Good Possibilities 15.4 Evil Possibilities 15.5 Contentious Areas 15.6 Encouraging Ethical Behaviour Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

Part III: Making a Decision

16 Becoming a Morally Serious Person

16.1 Why Be an MSP? 16.2 Responsible Citizenship 16.3 Intolerance Towards Discrimination 16.4 Obligation to Be Empirically Informed 16.5 Disciplined Reflection on the Cultivation of Virtue 16.6 Consciousness of Our Sociological Conditioning 16.7 An Ordered Interior Life 16.8 Commitment to Moral Conversation 16.9 Concluding Reflections Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

17 Taking an Ethical Position

17.1 The Nature of the Ethical 17.2 Business Ethics 17.3 Abortion 17.4 Euthanasia 17.5 Advances in Medical Technology 17.6 Sex 17.7 Environmental Ethics 17.8 War and Violence 17.9 Power and Government 17.10 Internet Ethics 17.11 Deciding Reflection Questions Discussion Questions References

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