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Ethics For Dummies

Christopher K. Panza, Adam Potthast

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Introduction. Part I: Ethics 101: Just the Basics, Please. Chapter 1: Approaching Ethics: What Is It and Why Should You Care? Chapter 2: Butting Heads: Is Ethics Just a Matter of Opinion? Part II: Uncovering the Roots of Ethics. Chapter 3: Human Nature and Ethics: Two Big Questions. Chapter 4: Exploring Connections between Ethics, Religion, and Science. Chapter 5: Seeing Ethics as Harmful: Three Famous Criticisms. Part III: Surveying Key Ethical Theories. Chapter 6: Being an Excellent Person: Virtue Ethics. Chapter 7: Increasing the Good: Utilitarian Ethics. Chapter 8: Doing Your Duty: The Ethics of Principle. Chapter 9: Signing on the Dotted Line: Ethics as Contract. Chapter 10: The Golden Rule: Common Sense Ethics. Chapter 11: Turning Down the Testosterone: Feminist Care Ethics. Part IV: Applying Ethics to Real Life. Chapter 12: Dealing with Mad Scientists: Biomedical Ethics. Chapter 13: Protecting the Habitat: Environmental Ethics. Chapter 14: Serving the Public: Professional Ethics. Chapter 15: Keeping the Peace: Ethics and Human Rights. Chapter 16: Getting It On: The Ethics of Sex. Chapter 17: Looking Out for the Little Guy: Ethics and Animals. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Famous Ethicists and Their Theories. Chapter 19: Ten Ethical Dilemmas Likely to Arise in the Future. Index.

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Introduction. Part I: Ethics 101: Just the Basics, Please. Chapter 1: Approaching Ethics: What Is It and Why Should You Care? Chapter 2: Butting Heads: Is Ethics Just a Matter of Opinion? Part II: Uncovering the Roots of Ethics. Chapter 3: Human Nature and Ethics: Two Big Questions. Chapter 4: Exploring Connections between Ethics, Religion, and Science. Chapter 5: Seeing Ethics as Harmful: Three Famous Criticisms. Part III: Surveying Key Ethical Theories. Chapter 6: Being an Excellent Person: Virtue Ethics. Chapter 7: Increasing the Good: Utilitarian Ethics. Chapter 8: Doing Your Duty: The Ethics of Principle. Chapter 9: Signing on the Dotted Line: Ethics as Contract. Chapter 10: The Golden Rule: Common Sense Ethics. Chapter 11: Turning Down the Testosterone: Feminist Care Ethics. Part IV: Applying Ethics to Real Life. Chapter 12: Dealing with Mad Scientists: Biomedical Ethics. Chapter 13: Protecting the Habitat: Environmental Ethics. Chapter 14: Serving the Public: Professional Ethics. Chapter 15: Keeping the Peace: Ethics and Human Rights. Chapter 16: Getting It On: The Ethics of Sex. Chapter 17: Looking Out for the Little Guy: Ethics and Animals. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Famous Ethicists and Their Theories. Chapter 19: Ten Ethical Dilemmas Likely to Arise in the Future. Index.

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Introduction. Part I: Ethics 101: Just the Basics, Please. Chapter 1: Approaching Ethics: What Is It and Why Should You Care? Chapter 2: Butting Heads: Is Ethics Just a Matter of Opinion? Part II: Uncovering the Roots of Ethics. Chapter 3: Human Nature and Ethics: Two Big Questions. Chapter 4: Exploring Connections between Ethics, Religion, and Science. Chapter 5: Seeing Ethics as Harmful: Three Famous Criticisms. Part III: Surveying Key Ethical Theories. Chapter 6: Being an Excellent Person: Virtue Ethics. Chapter 7: Increasing the Good: Utilitarian Ethics. Chapter 8: Doing Your Duty: The Ethics of Principle. Chapter 9: Signing on the Dotted Line: Ethics as Contract. Chapter 10: The Golden Rule: Common Sense Ethics. Chapter 11: Turning Down the Testosterone: Feminist Care Ethics. Part IV: Applying Ethics to Real Life. Chapter 12: Dealing with Mad Scientists: Biomedical Ethics. Chapter 13: Protecting the Habitat: Environmental Ethics. Chapter 14: Serving the Public: Professional Ethics. Chapter 15: Keeping the Peace: Ethics and Human Rights. Chapter 16: Getting It On: The Ethics of Sex. Chapter 17: Looking Out for the Little Guy: Ethics and Animals. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Famous Ethicists and Their Theories. Chapter 19: Ten Ethical Dilemmas Likely to Arise in the Future. Index.

Key concepts: Meta-ethics, Applied ethics, Normative ethics, Information ethics, Ethics of technology, Nursing ethics, Virtue ethics, Duty

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