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Balancing theory and application
Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings, and Contemporary Issues covers major ethical theories by tying them to aspects of our day-to-day lives, bringing them to life. Ethics play a part in personal relationships, business, cultural conflicts, and more. By relating ethical theories to issues that arise naturally in modern life, Consider Ethics engages students and pushes them to draw their own conclusions. The 4th Edition has been updated extensively, including a new chapter on reflective equilibrium as a method of ethical inquiry, expansion of the critical thinking study to facilitate discussion of controversial topics, new chapter exercises, and much more.
Table of Contents:
Brief Contents - Thinking About Ethics
- Thinking Critically About Ethics
- Egoism and Relativism
- Ethics and Emotions
- Ethics and Reason
- Intuitionism
- Reflective Equilibrium
- Utilitarian Ethics
- Social Contract Ethics
- Care Ethics
- Virtue Ethics
- Pluralism and Pragmatism
- Moral Realism Versus Moral Anti-Realism
- The Scope of Morality
- Free Will and Moral Responsibility
- The Death Penalty
- Should the Police Use Deceit in Investigations?
- The Ethics of Immigration
- The Ethics of Moral Enhancement
About the Author :
About our authors Bruce N. Waller (PhD, UNC Chapel Hill) grew up in the rural north Louisiana hill country. He is currently a professor of philosophy at Youngstown State University, where he has taught for almost 3 decades. In addition to numerous journal articles and several Pearson textbooks, he has written 6 monographs, including Against Moral Responsibility (2011, MIT), The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibility (2015, MIT) and The Injustice of Punishment (2018, Routledge).
About our authors Bruce N. Waller (PhD, UNC Chapel Hill) grew up in the rural north Louisiana hill country. He is currently a professor of philosophy at Youngstown State University, where he has taught for almost 3 decades. In addition to numerous journal articles and several Pearson textbooks, he has written 6 monographs, including Against Moral Responsibility (2011, MIT), The Stubborn System of Moral Responsibility (2015, MIT) and The Injustice of Punishment (2018, Routledge).
