Basic ethics

<P><U>Part I: The Basic Questions</U></P><P><STRONG>1. Living in a World of Values</STRONG><BR>I. Who We Are and What Do We Value?<BR>II.What Is Ethics?<BR>III.The Individual: Metaethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied Ethics</P><P>IV. The Society: Social and Political Ethics</P><P><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes<BR><BR></I><STRONG>2. Personal Worldview and Community Worldview</STRONG><BR>I. The Normative Nature of Worldview<BR>II. Personal Worldview<BR>III. Community Worldview<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>3. The Ethical Duty to Be Knowledgeable about Your World<BR></STRONG>I. Epistemology and Action Theory<BR>II. Living in Community and the Obligation to Be an Active Member<BR>III. What Are Facts and What Is Opinion?<BR>IV. Facts and Decision Making<BR>V. How to Ferret out Facts from Propaganda<BR>VI. Deductive, Inductive, and Abductive Logic</P><P>Conclusion<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>4. Relativism<BR></STRONG>I. Cultural Relativism<BR>II. Moral Relativism<BR>III. What Is at Stake?<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>5. Egoism<BR></STRONG>I. Introduction<BR>II. Psychological Egoism<BR>III. Ethical Egoism<BR>IV. Egoism and Altruism</P><P><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I><BR><BR><STRONG>6. Are People Good or Bad?<BR></STRONG>I. Introduction<BR>II. Humans Are Bad<BR>III. Humans Are Good<BR>IV. What Difference Does It Make?<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>7. Morality and Religion</STRONG><BR>I. Introduction<BR>II. The Origin of the Problem<BR>III. Absolute Good<BR>IV. Divine Command Theory<BR>V. An Ethics with and without<I> </I>Religion<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>8. Feminist Ethics<BR></STRONG>I. Introduction<BR>II. Gender: Are Men and Women Different?<BR>III. Care and Justice<BR>IV. Race: What Is Race and Why Is It an Issue?<BR>V. Opportunity and Desert<BR>V. Where Does Feminist Ethics Find a Home in Traditional Theories?<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><U>Part II: The Basic Answers</U></P><P><STRONG>9. It's All about Your Intuition: Ethical Intuitionism<BR></STRONG>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem this Theory Addresses<BR>III. The Argument for the Theory<BR>IV. The Argument against the Theory<BR><EM>Key Terms<BR></EM><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>10. It's All about Your Attitude: Ethical Non-Cognitivism<BR></STRONG>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem this Theory Addresses<BR>III. The Argument for the Theory<BR>IV. The Argument against the Theory<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>11. It's All about Freely Made Agreements: Ethical Contractarianism<BR></STRONG>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem this Theory Addresses<BR>III. The Argument for the Theory<BR>IV. The Argument against the Theory<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>12. It's all About Your Character: Virtue Ethics</STRONG><BR>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem this Theory Addresses<BR>III. The Argument for the Theory<BR>IV. The Argument against the Theory<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>13. It's all About the Team: Utilitarianism</STRONG><BR>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem this Theory Addresses<BR>III. The Argument for the Theory<BR>IV. The Argument against the Theory<BR><EM>Key Terms<BR></EM><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>14. It's all About Your Duty: Deontology<BR></STRONG>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem this Theory Addresses<BR>III. The Argument for the Theory<BR>IV. The Argument against the Theory<BR><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I><BR><BR><U>Part III: Putting it All Together</U></P><P><STRONG>15. Human Rights<BR></STRONG>I. Snapshot<BR>II. Supporting Human Rights via Traditional Theories<BR>III. Ethical Realism and Anti-Realism and Human Rights<BR>IV. Ethical Intuitionism and Human Rights<BR>V. Ethical Non-Cognitivism and Human Rights<BR>VI. Ethical Contractarianism and Human Rights<BR>VII. Virtue Ethics and Human Rights<BR>VIII. Utilitarianism and Human Rights<BR>IX. Deontology and Human Rights</P><P><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P><STRONG>16. Formulating Your Own Answers<BR></STRONG>I. Snapshot<BR>II. The Problem<BR>III. The Topography of Theory Evaluation<BR>IV. How to Choose an Ethical Theory<BR>V. Applying Ethical Theory to Contemporary Social/Political Problems<BR>VI. Applying Ethical Theory to Personal Life Decisions<BR></P><P><EM>Key Terms</EM><BR><I>End of Chapter Exercise</I></P><P><I>Notes</I></P><P>Glossary</P>