The Roots Of Ethics

Author : Daniel Callahan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781461333036

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The Roots of Ethics by Daniel Callahan Pdf

OUR AGE IS CHARACTERIZED by an uncertainty about the na ture of moral obligations, about what one can hope for in an afterlife, and about the limits of human knowledge. These uncertainties were captured by Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason, where he noted three basic human questions: what can we know, what ought we to do, and what can we hope for. Those questions and the uncer tainties about their answers still in great part define our cultural per spective. In particular, we are not clear about the foundations of ethics, or about their relationship to religion and to science. This volume brings together previously published essays that focus on these inter relationships and their uncertainties. It offers an attempt to sketch the interrelationship among three major intellectual efforts: determining moral obligations, the ultimate purpose and goals of man and the cosmos, and the nature of empirical reality. Though imperfect, it is an effort to frame the unity of the human condition, which is captured in part by ethics, in part by religion, and in part by the sciences. Put another way, this collection of essays springs from an attempt to see the unity of humans who engage in the diverse roles of valuers, be lievers, and knowers, while still remaining single, individual humans.

Author : Heather E. Douglas
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1626616582

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Introduction to Environmental Ethics (First Edition) by Heather E. Douglas Pdf

"As environmental issues become ever more central in democratic societies, understanding the ethical basis on which our relationship with the environment is structured has never been more important. The centrality of environmental issues in policy disputes, business decisions, political conflicts, and consumer choices requires us to have a clear sense of our ethical obligations with respect to the environment. "Environmental Ethics from the Roots Up: An Introductory Anthology" enables students from the humanities, science, and social sciences to consider the normative issues that arise across many environmental debates, uncovering the underlying conceptual tensions and philosophical viewpoints. In the process, students will learn why environmental issues are so pervasive and controversies so difficult to resolve, and what ethical resources we have for addressing them. The distinctive selection and organization of the material gives students an incisive, thoughtful overview of the subject matter. Students will read not only classic work in ethical theory and crucial pieces by environmental philosophers, but also pieces that ground philosophical debates in social and natural science. Heather Douglas received her Ph.D. from the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She first taught environmental ethics as the Phibbs Assistant Professor of Science and Ethics at the University of Puget Sound, and then as an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Douglas currently teaches at the University of Waterloo, where she holds the Waterloo Chair in Science and Society in the Department of Philosophy. Her research focuses on the relationship between science and policy with particular interest in environmental issues and has been supported by the National Science Foundation. She is the author of the book "Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal (2009)," as well as numerous articles, and has served on the Governing Board of the Philosophy of Science Association and the Section L committee for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.""

Author : Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271048277

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The Roots of Morality by Maxine Sheets-Johnstone Pdf

Author : Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780415173988

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A Short History of Ethics by Alasdair C. MacIntyre Pdf

Widely acknowledged to be the perfect introduction to the subject, this important text presents in concise form an insightful yet exceptionally complete history of moral philosophy in the West, from the Greeks to contemporary times.

Author : Terence Irwin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199693862

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The Development of Ethics by Terence Irwin Pdf

The Development of Ethics is a selective historical and critical study of moral philosophy in the Socratic tradition, with special attention to Aristotelian naturalism. It discusses the main topics of moral philosophy as they have developed historically, including: the human good, human nature, justice, friendship, and morality; the methods of moral inquiry; the virtues and their connexions; will, freedom, and responsibility; reason and emotion;relativism, subjectivism, and realism; the theological aspect of morality. This volume examines early modern moral philosophy from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Volume 3 will continue the story up to Rawls's Theory of Justice. The present volume begins with Suarez's interpretation of Scholasticmoral philosophy, and examines seventeenth- and eighteenth- century responses to the Scholastic outlook, to see how far they constitute a distinctively different conception of moral philosophy. The treatments of natural law by Grotius, Hobbes, Cumberland, and Pufendorf are treated in some detail. Disputes about moral facts, moral judgments, and moral motivation, are traced through Cudworth, Clarke, Balguy, Hutcheson, Hume, Price, and Reid. Butler's defence of a naturalist account of morality isexamined and compared with the Aristotelian and Scholastic views discussed in Volume 1. The volume ends with a survey of the persistence of voluntarism in English moral philosophy, and a brief discussion of the contrasts and connexions between Rousseau and earlier views on natural law.The emphasis of the book is not purely descriptive, narrative, or exegetical, but also philosophical. Irwin discusses the comparative merits of different views, the difficulties that they raise, and how some of the difficulties might be resolved. The book tries to present the leading moral philosophers of the past as participants in a rational discussion that is still being carried on, and tries to help the reader to participate in this discussion.

Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 9780674987692

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The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor Pdf

Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and others celebrate the trend as a liberating sort of progress, Charles Taylor calls on us to face the moral and political crises of our time, and to make the most of modernity's challenges. "The great merit of Taylor's brief, non-technical, powerful book...is the vigor with which he restates the point which Hegel (and later Dewey) urged against Rousseau and Kant: that we are only individuals in so far as we are social... Being authentic, being faithful to ourselves, is being faithful to something which was produced in collaboration with a lot of other people... The core of Taylor's argument is a vigorous and entirely successful criticism of two intertwined bad ideas: that you are wonderful just because you are you, and that 'respect for difference' requires you to respect every human being, and every human culture--no matter how vicious or stupid." --Richard Rorty, London Review of Books

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004343535

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Christianity and the Roots of Morality by Anonim Pdf

Christianity and the Roots of Morality combines philosophical, early Christian and empirical studies to cast light on the role of religion, especially Christianity, in morality, pro-social behavior and altruism.

Author : Robert Cavalier,James S. Gouinlock,James P. Sterba
Publisher : Springer
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1989-09-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781349202034

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Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy by Robert Cavalier,James S. Gouinlock,James P. Sterba Pdf

'...this magnificent collection of presentations of the thought of the giants of Western ethics deserves to become a basic reference work in the field.' Ralph McInerny, The University of Notre Dame

Author : Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0415040272

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A Short History of Ethics by Alasdair C. MacIntyre Pdf

A Short History of Ethics is a history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to the present day. It enables the reader to place specific texts in moral philosophy in a historical perspective by showing the debt moral philosophers owe to their predecessors and the historical development of changes in the moral concepts.

Author : Giovanni Giorgini,Elena Irrera
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110526288

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The Roots of Respect by Giovanni Giorgini,Elena Irrera Pdf

Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem at stake from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philosophy which testify to the evolution of the idea of respect for persons and the rich array of conceptual specifications that such an idea acquires across the centuries. By analysis of pivotal texts of ancient and modern contemporary philosophy, the volume will try to offer an articulated account of respect which, starting from its primeval connection with the search for esteem and the pursuit of human excellence, gradually evolves towards the recognition of the political status of each citizen and culminates into a true politics of human rights. Bringing together the expertise of classicists and scholars specialized in modern and contemporary philosophy, the volume is especially intended for scholars working in the fields of the history of philosophy, ethical and political theory.

Author : J.C. Upshaw Downs,Anjali Ranadive Swienton
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780123850195

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Ethics in Forensic Science by J.C. Upshaw Downs,Anjali Ranadive Swienton Pdf

The word "ethical” can be defined as proper conduct. A failure of forensic scientists to act ethically can result in serious adverse outcomes. However, while seemingly simple to define, the application of being "ethical” is somewhat more obscure. That is, when is ethical, ethical, and when is it not? Because we have an adversarial legal system, differences of opinion exist in forensic science. However, there are instances when differences are so divergent that an individual's ethics are called into question. In light of not only the O.J. Simpson trial - the first national trial to question the ethical behavior of forensic scientists - and the National Academy of Science critique of forensic science, ethical issues have come to the forefront of concern within the forensic community. Ethics in Forensic Science draws upon the expertise of the editors and numerous contributors in order to present several different perspectives with the goal of better understanding when ethical lines are crossed. In order to achieve this goal, comparisons of various canons of ethics from medicine, law, science, religion, and politics will be examined and applied. Lastly, case studies will be presented to illustrate ethical dilemmas and provide a real-world context for readers. Edited by a well known forensic attorney/consultant and a leading medical examiner, Ethics in Forensic Science addresses the concerns of the entire forensic community - the laboratory, medical examiner, and crime scene investigator. It will be an invaluable reference for practitioners in forensic and/or criminal justice programs, crime scene investigators/photographers, law enforcement training centers, police academies and local agencies, as well as forensic consultants and forensic scientists.

Author : Henry Sidgwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Ethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042320163

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Outlines of the History of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick Pdf

Author : Shyam Ranganathan
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120831934

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Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy by Shyam Ranganathan Pdf

Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy, by Shyam Ranganathan, presents a compelling, systematic explication of the moral philosophical content of history of Indian philosophy in contrast to the received wisdom in Indology and comparative philosophy that Indian philosophers were scarcely interested in ethics. Unlike most works on the topic, this book makes a case for the positive place of ethics in the history of Indian philosophy by drawing upon recent work in metaethics and metamorality, and by providing a through analysis of the meaning of moral concepts and PHILOSOPHY itself- in addition to explicating the texts of Indian authors. In Ranganathan`s account, Indian philosophy shines with distinct options in ethics that find their likeness in the writings of the Ancient in the West, such as Plato and the Neo-Platonists, and not in the anthropocentric or positivistic options that have dominated the recent Western tradition.

Author : Henry Sidgwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UCAL:$B285747

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Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers by Henry Sidgwick Pdf

Author : Henry Sidgwick
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872200604

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Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers by Henry Sidgwick Pdf

"The work of a master in the subject, who in a few pregnant pages has sketched out skillfully and judicially the history of Greek, of medieval, and of English reflections on the aims and laws of human conduct." --William Wallace (at time of first publication)