| Part 1: Doing Ethics Right and Doing the Right Ethics |
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So, What's Your Philosophy of Life? |
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Norms give meaning and purpose to life, but a life that hasn't been morally examined isn't really worth living |
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The Inevitability of Ethical Dilemmas |
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Moral dilemmas are the very spice of life, but you need ethics to help resolve them |
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Convince Me That I'm Wrong |
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You have to think through moral problems with others in a way that is both logical and impartial |
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There's a big difference between using faith and reason as your moral guide, but either or both can play a rightful role |
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Let Science Be Your Guide |
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Appealing to science as your sole moral guide is as risky as appealing to religion as your sole moral guide |
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| Part 2: What Does it All Mean? The Nature of Ethics |
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We don't have to be narrowly self-centered, nor should we be |
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What's right and wrong isn't up to you or your culture to decide |
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Although we have to be aware of moral hypocrisy and unhealthy moral extremes, being cynical about ethics is itself hypocritical and unhealthy |
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| Part 3: General Recipes for Guiding Ethical Decision-Making |
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Ancient Greek Virtue Ethics |
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Doing the right thing comes from being endowed with character strengths that are also good and healthy for those who possess them |
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We can scarcely avoid appealing to human nature in understanding our most basic moral norms, but doing so involves uncertainty |
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Modern Social Contract Theory |
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We can think of the most important moral rules as if they were based on an agreement for mutual cooperation and mutual benefit |
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Some moral duties cannot be compromised without violating the basic rights of persons |
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Consequentialist Theories |
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There are no duties that cannot be compromised for the sake of furthering the greatest happiness for the greatest number |
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Using the ``F'' Word: Feminist Ethics |
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Duties of justice and happiness-promoting actions cannot replace our personal obligations as caregivers for dependent persons |
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There's a Fly in My Recipe |
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No moral recipe taken singly is adequate for dealing with all of life's moral dilemmas |
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Despite their apparent incompatibilities, moral recipes complement one another and can be combined in useful ways |
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| Part 4: Applied Ethics |
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Our duties with respect to our environment cannot all be decided on the basis of cost-benefit analyses |
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Decisions about life and death often boil down to the peculiarities of each individual case |
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Putting profits before ethics isn't always profitable and, hey, it's wrong! |
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To eat or not to eat-that is the question |
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| Part 5: Beyond the Personal: The Ethics of Social Justice |
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We're Talking Social Justice! |
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Yes, society does owe us something |
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The Immigration Controversy |
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Patriotism may light up my sky but we mustn't forget that a person is a human being, no matter where he's from |
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Sure, capitalism cranks out the goodies, but is it good and just? |
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Remembering Presidential Election 2000: When having the right to vote isn't enough |
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You don't have to have a penis in order to be treated with equal respect |
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Affirmative Action and Multiculturalism |
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It's that confusing census thing; or how I classify myself affects how I'm treated |
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Getting Our Just Des(s)erts |
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Here's some more food for thought to sweeten what you've already got |
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| Appendixes |
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| Index |
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