ETHICS: FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL VALUATION
2018 04-PH-00031-0 978-971-23-8667-1 Core
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CONTENTS
Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................................................ v Salient Features............................................................................................................................................. vii
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The Ethical Dimension of Human Existence Value ..................................................................................................................... 2 Sources of Authority ....................................................................................... 8 Senses of the Self ........................................................................................... 14
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Utilitarianism
The Principle of Utility.................................................................................. 29 Principle of the Greatest Number ............................................................ 33 Justice and Moral Rights .............................................................................35
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Natural Law
Thomas Aquinas............................................................................................. 46 The Greek Heritage .......................................................................................48 The Essence and Varieties of Law............................................................. 54
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Deontology
Duty and Agency ........................................................................................... 66 Autonomy ......................................................................................................... 68 Universalizability ............................................................................................ 72 Virtue Ethics Happiness and Ultimate Purpose ............................................................ 83 Virtue as Excellence....................................................................................... 87 Moral Virtue and Mesotes........................................................................... 89 Synthesis: Making Informed Decisions The Moral Agent and Contexts ............................................................... 102 Moral Deliberation ......................................................................................108 Self, Society, and Environment ...............................................................116
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References......................................................................................................................................................137 Index ......................................................................................................................................................141
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