Ethical Reasoning: Theory and Application: Theory and Application

Table of Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: THE ROLE OF MORAL THEORY 1.1 Cooperation, Reason, and Emotion 1.2 Universalizability, Reason-Giving, Ought-Implies-Can, and the Is-Ought Gap 1.3 Ethical Relativism 1.4 Ethical Decision-Making 1.5 Identity, Principle, and Consequence CHAPTER 2: BEING A GOOD PERSON 2.1 Virtue Ethics 2.2 Virtue, Cooperation, and Community Membership 2.3 Wisdom and Virtue 2.4 Care Ethics 2.5 Justice and Virtue CHAPTER 3: ACTING ON PRINCIPLE 3.1 Duties 3.2 Moral Rights 3.3 Justifying Moral Rights 3.4 Justice and Moral Equality 3.5 Distributive Justice CHAPTER 4: CREATING GOOD CONSEQUENCES 4.1 Egoism and Contractarianism 4.2 Experience-Based Utilitarianism 4.3 Preference-Satisfaction Utilitarianism 4.4 Economic Utilitarianism 4.5 Indirect Utilitarianism 4.6 Teleological and Holistic Ethics CHAPTER 5: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? WHO COUNTS? 5.1 Moral Agency 5.2 Causal Responsibility 5.3 Moral Accountability 5.4 Autonomy 5.5 Moral Standing CHAPTER 6: RESOLVING CONFLICT BETWEEN MORAL REASONS 6.1 Ethical Pluralism 6.2 Combining Moral Reasons 6.3 Balancing Moral Reasons 6.4 Fallible Moral Reasoning REFERENCES INDEX

About the Author :
Andrew Kernohan is an Adjunct in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University and is author of several books, including Environmental Ethics: An Interactive Introduction and Business Ethics: An Interactive Introduction with Broadview Press, and Liberalism, Equality, and Cultural Oppression with Cambridge University Press.

Review :
“This book offers a practical, pluralistic approach to ethical decision-making. Each chapter provides a very clear summary of a particular theory, including a discussion of its strengths and weaknesses. Exercises at the end of each section help readers test their understanding of the relevant concepts. Overall, Andrew Kernohan is successful in his goal: this book is an excellent primer for cultivating a competency in making difficult but necessary ethical decisions.” — Justin Kitchen, California State University, Northridge “Kernohan’s Ethical Reasoning will appeal not only to university readers but also to anyone seeking a clear and concise guide that emphasizes a practical approach rooted in human community and social cooperation at the local and international levels. A particular strength is Kernohan’s choice to focus on central concepts and terminology by presenting the major ethical theories under three broad groupings before considering the thorny questions of moral responsibility and how to use conflicting theories to make decisions in everyday life. Kernohan’s book embraces the complexity demanded by mature ethical thinking, critical reflection, and difficult ethical choices.” — Kelly C. MacPhail, University of Minnesota Duluth