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Moral of the Story : an Introduction To Ethics (4TH 03 - Old Edition)

by Nina Rosenstand

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ISBN13: 9780072833461
ISBN10: 0072833467
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This popular text uses examples from fiction and film to show how ethical theories can be applied. By linking abstract theory to “real life” through storytelling and story analysis, Rosenstand offers a remarkably effective way of helping students understand and evaluate moral issues.

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4th Edition

Table of Contents

PART I: The Story as a Tool of Ethics

1. Thinking About Values

After September 11

Morals, Values, and Ethics

Why be Moral?

Debating Moral Issues

Stories and Morals

2. Learning Moral Lessons from Stories

Didactic Stories

The New Interest in Stories

The Value of Stories

Stories Past and Present

Stories to Live and Die By

Seeing Your Life as a Story

Living in the Narrative Zone

PART II: What Should I Do? Theories of Conduct

3. Ethical Relativism

How to Deal with Moral Differences

The Lessons of Anthropology

Is Tolerance all We Need?

Refuting Ethical Relativism

4. Myself or Others?

Psychological Egoism

Ethical Egoism

Altruism: Ideal and Reciprocal

5. Using Your Reason, Part 1: Utilitarianism

Jeremy Bentham and the Hedonistic Calculus

John Stuart Mill: Another Utilitarian Vision

Act and Rule Utilitarianism

6. Using Your Reason, Part 2: Kant's Deontology

The Good Will

The Categorical Imperative

Rational Beings are Ends in Themselves

7. Personhood, Rights, and Justice

(and more...)

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9780072833461
Author:
Rosenstand, Nina
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Edition Number:
4th
Publication Date:
20020717
Binding:
TP

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