Right and wrong

• Verfasst von: White, Thomas I. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Right and wrong
• Titelzusatz: a practical introduction to ethics
• Verf.angabe: Thomas I. White
• Ausgabe: Second edition
• Verlagsort: Chichester, West Sussex
• Verlag: Wiley Blackwell
• Jahr: 2017
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 166 Seiten)
• Fussnoten: Includes index
• ISBN: 978-1-119-09930-7
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Ethics
• Form-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 1655883321
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Ethics: What It Is, Does, and Isn't -- Philosophical Ethics -- Ethics: What Is It? -- Ethics -- Ethics and Philosophy -- What Ethics Isn't -- Ethics and Emotion-"What Counts Most Is What You Think" -- Ethics and Authority- "What Counts Most Is What You Think" -- Ethics, Authority, and Religion -- Ethics, Authority, and the Law -- Ethical Relativism -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 An "Ethical Yardstick"? -- What Makes Something Wrong? -- The Basis of a Standard-Human Well‐Being, a Satisfying Life, and Flourishing -- Ethics and Human Well‐Being -- Human 'Well-Being,' Evolution, Adaptation, and a Successful and Satisfying Life -- Flourishing -- What Do Humans Need in Order to 'Flourish'? -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Something for the Skeptics -- On Human Adaptability -- Human Well-Being, Successful Life, Satisfying Life, Flourishing, and Ethics -- What Makes Something an "Ethical" Issue? Our Three Cases -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3 Measuring Consequences -- A Teleological (Results-Oriented) Approach to Ethics -- Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism, and Pleasure -- Measuring Pleasure-Bentham's "Hedonistic Calculus" -- Example 1: Mugging Grandma -- Example 2: Do I Turn in My Partner? -- Example 3: 'Double' Dating -- John Stuart Mill and Quality of Pleasure -- Evaluating Quality -- Analyzing Pleasures over the Long Run -- 'Double' Dating-a Reconsideration -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4 Evaluating Actions -- A Deontological (Act-Oriented) Approach to Ethics -- Actions and Results: Drawing the Line -- Judging Actions through Results -- Judging Actions -- Measuring the Immeasurable-"Human" Behavior -- A Digression-A Few Words about the Intangible.