Hakim, Albert B.:Understanding Morality
- Livres de poche ISBN: 9780205835829
[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: PRENTICE HALL], Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments.
emUnderstanding Morality /… Plus…
[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: PRENTICE HALL], Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments.
emUnderstanding Morality /emexplores issues that are important both to individuals and society as a whole by examining the basic concepts of morality and how they can each be used as a problem-solving tool. Each chapter contains a presentation and discussion of a topic followed by readings that illustrate the main themes of the chapter.
Product Description
Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments.
emUnderstanding Morality /emexplores issues that are important both to individuals and society as a whole by examining the basic concepts of morality and how they can each be used as a problem-solving tool. Each chapter contains a presentation and discussion of a topic followed by readings that illustrate the main themes of the chapter.
Features + Benefits
Hallmark Features:
The first half of the book deals with the basic concepts of morality, while the second half generally deals with moral questions we face as individuals, or as members of society engaged in public controversy over any number of agonizing moral problems.
The first, and main part of each chapter is the presentation and discussion of the material.
The second part of each chapter is comprised of a selection of readings intended as extensions, literary as well as academic, of points made in the first part and are integral to the chapter as a whole.
A bibliography provides students who wish to expand their study with titles easily available
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
The Moral Sense
Philosophy and the role of experience
The philosophy of morality
The moral sense: natural or acquired?
Freedom and determinism
No freedom without knowledge
Moral freedom
Do we have to be good?
Readings
1. Man' place in the universe (Russell)
2. The role of experience in acquiring knowledge (Aristotle)
3. Why is a thing called 'holy'? (Plato)
4. Good is to be done, evil avoided (Plato)
5. Sentiment as the source of moral distinction (Hume)
6. The dilemma of determinism (James)
7. Control of human behavior (Skinner)
8. Freedom, consciousness and creative life (Bergson)
9. Truth as freedom (Augustine)
10. Freedom and necessity in God (Spinoza)
CHAPTER TWO
On Making Moral Judgments
Meaning of norm
Morality: objective or subjective?
Morality as objective: some philosophical positions
1. Kantian: the categorical imperative
2. Utilitarian: the greatest happiness principle
3. Traditional: human nature
Morality as subjective: the role of conscience
Making a judgment in response to two special questions:
1. Does the end justify the means?
2. May an act be placed if it has two results, one good and the other bad?
Readings
1. Without God, is everything lawful (Dostoyevsky)
2. The categorical imperative (Kant)
3. What utilitarianism is (Mill)
4. Control of oneself (Marcus Aurelius)
5. Reason as the standard of morality (Thomas Aquinas)
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Hakim, Albert:Understanding Morality
- Livres de poche ISBN: 9780205835829
[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: PRENTICE HALL], Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments.
emUnderstanding Morality /… Plus…
[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: PRENTICE HALL], Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments.
emUnderstanding Morality /emexplores issues that are important both to individuals and society as a whole by examining the basic concepts of morality and how they can each be used as a problem-solving tool. Each chapter contains a presentation and discussion of a topic followed by readings that illustrate the main themes of the chapter.
Product Description
Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments.
emUnderstanding Morality /emexplores issues that are important both to individuals and society as a whole by examining the basic concepts of morality and how they can each be used as a problem-solving tool. Each chapter contains a presentation and discussion of a topic followed by readings that illustrate the main themes of the chapter.
Features + Benefits
Hallmark Features:
The first half of the book deals with the basic concepts of morality, while the second half generally deals with moral questions we face as individuals, or as members of society engaged in public controversy over any number of agonizing moral problems.
The first, and main part of each chapter is the presentation and discussion of the material.
The second part of each chapter is comprised of a selection of readings intended as extensions, literary as well as academic, of points made in the first part and are integral to the chapter as a whole.
A bibliography provides students who wish to expand their study with titles easily available
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
The Moral Sense
Philosophy and the role of experience
The philosophy of morality
The moral sense: natural or acquired?
Freedom and determinism
No freedom without knowledge
Moral freedom
Do we have to be good?
Readings
1. Man' place in the universe (Russell)
2. The role of experience in acquiring knowledge (Aristotle)
3. Why is a thing called 'holy'? (Plato)
4. Good is to be done, evil avoided (Plato)
5. Sentiment as the source of moral distinction (Hume)
6. The dilemma of determinism (James)
7. Control of human behavior (Skinner)
8. Freedom, consciousness and creative life (Bergson)
9. Truth as freedom (Augustine)
10. Freedom and necessity in God (Spinoza)
CHAPTER TWO
On Making Moral Judgments
Meaning of norm
Morality: objective or subjective?
Morality as objective: some philosophical positions
1. Kantian: the categorical imperative
2. Utilitarian: the greatest happiness principle
3. Traditional: human nature
Morality as subjective: the role of conscience
Making a judgment in response to two special questions:
1. Does the end justify the means?
2. May an act be placed if it has two results, one good and the other bad?
Readings
1. Without God, is everything lawful (Dostoyevsky)
2. The categorical imperative (Kant)
3. What utilitarianism is (Mill)
4. Control of oneself (Marcus Aurelius)
5. Reason as the standard of morality (Thomas Aquinas)
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Intended for the introduction to applied ethics course taught at the sophomore/junior level in philosophy departments. Understanding Morality explores issues that are important both to in… Plus…
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