1. Learning Outcomes
2. Why Study Ethics?
3. What is Ethics?
4. Ethical and Other Types of Evaluation
5. Sociobiology and the Naturalistic Fallacy
6. Ethical Terms
7. Ethics and Reasons
8. Intuitionism, Emotivism, Subjectivism, Objectivism
9. Ethical Reasoning and Arguments
10. Ethical Theory
11. Types of Ethical Theory
12. Can Ethics Be Taught?
13. Review Exercises
14. Ch 2: Religion and Global Ethics
15. Learning Outcomes
16. Freedom, Cosmopolitanism, and the European Enlightenment
17. Religion, Civic Life, and Civil Disobedience
18. Ethics, Religion, and Divine Command Theory
19. Pluralism and the Golden Rule
20. The Problem of Evil and Free Will
21. Secular Ethics and Toleration
22. Criticisms of Secularism and Global Ethics
23. Review Exercises
24. Ch 3: Ethical Relativism
25. Learning Outcomes
26. Descriptive vs. Normative Ethical Relativism
27. Individual vs. Cultural Relativism
28. Strong and Weak Relativism
29. Reasons Supporting Ethical Relativism
30. Are These Reasons Convincing?
31. Is Relativism Self-Contradictory?
32. Moral Realism
33. Moral Pluralism
34. Review Exercises
35. Ch 4: Egoism, Altruism, and the Social Contract
36. Learning Outcomes
37. Psychological Egoism
38. Ethical Egoism
39. The Moral Point of View
40. Why Be Moral?
41. Review Exercises
42. Ch 5: Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill
43. Learning Outcomes
44. Weighing Consequences
45. Historical Background
46. The Principle of Utility
47. Pleasure and Happiness
48. Calculating the Greatest Amount of Happiness
49. Quantity vs. Quality of Pleasure
50. Evaluating Utilitarianism
51. The Trolley Problem
52. Act and Rule Utilitarianism
53. “Proof” of the Theory
54. Review Exercises
55. Ch 6: Deontological Ethics and Immanuel Kant
56. Learning Outcomes
57. Deontology and the Ethics of Duty
58. Immanuel Kant
59. The Categorical Imperative
60. Evaluating Kant’s Moral Theory
61. Perfect and Imperfect Duties
62. Variations on Kant and Deontology
63. Review Exercises
64. Ch 7: Natural Law and Human Rights
65. Learning Outcomes
66. Natural Law Theory
67. Historical Origins
68. Evaluating Natural Law Theory
69. Natural Rights
70. Evaluating Natural Rights Theory
71. Is There a Human Nature?
72. Review Exercises
73. Ch 8: Virtue Ethics
74. Learning Outcomes
75. Virtues and Everyday Life
76. Aristotle
77. Cross-Cultural and Contemporary Virtue Ethics
78. Evaluating Virtue Ethics
79. Review Exercises
80. Ch 9: Feminist Thought and the Ethics of Care
81. Learning Outcomes
82. Gender in Moral Reasoning and the Ethics of Care
83. Feminist Thought
84. Evaluation of Feminist Thought and the Ethics of Care
85. Review Exercises
86. Ch 10: Euthanasia
87. Learning Outcomes
88. Euthanasia for Infants and the Disabled
89. Criteria for Death
90. Types of Euthanasia
91. Making Moral Judgments about Euthanasia
92. Review Exercises
93. Discussion Cases
94. Ch 11: Abortion
95. Learning Outcomes
96. Stages of Fetal Development
97. Methods of Abortion
98. Abortion and the Law
99. Abortion: The Moral Question
100. Arguments That Do Not Depend on the Moral Status of the Fetus
101. Arguments That Depend on the Moral Status of the Fetus
102. Review Exercises
103. Discussion Cases
104. Ch 12: Sexual Morality
105. Learning Outcomes
106. Current Issues
107. Conceptual Problems: What is and is Not Sexual
108. Relevant Factual Matters
109. Sexual Morality and Ethical Theories
110. Gay Marriage
111. Review Exercises
112. Discussion Cases
113. Ch 13: Equality and Discrimination
114. Learning Outcomes
115. Discrimination
116. The Principle of Equality
117. Current Issues and the Law
118. Affirmative Action and Preferential Treatment
119. Review Exercises
120. Discussion Cases
121. Ch 14: Economic Justice
122. Learning Outcomes
123. Economic Inequality
124. Conceptions of Social Justice
125. Political and Economic Theories
126. Review Exercises
127. Discussion Cases
128. Ch 15: Punishment and the Death Penalty
129. Learning Outcomes
130. The Nature of Legal Punishment
131. The Deterrence Argument
132. The Retributivist Argument
133. Punishment and Responsibility
134. Prisons
135. The Death Penalty
136. Review Exercises
137. Discussion Cases
138. Ch 16: Environmental Ethics
139. Learning Outcomes
140. The Environment and Its Value
141. Anthropocentrism
142. Ecocentrism
143. Current Issues
144. Review Exercises
145. Discussion Cases
146. Ch 17: Animal Ethics
147. Learning Outcomes
148. Current Issues
149. Approaches to Animal Ethics
150. Review Exercises
151. Discussion Cases
152. Ch 18: Biotechnology and Bioengineering
153. Learning Outcomes
154. Current Issues
155. Legal and Ethical Issues
156. Review Exercises
157. Discussion Cases
158. Ch 19: Violence and War
159. Learning Outcomes
160. Realism
161. Pacifism
162. Just War Theory
163. Current Issues
164. Review Exercises
165. Discussion Cases
166. Ch 20: Global Justice and Globalization
167. Learning Outcomes
168. Moral Arguments about Global Poverty
169. Pratical Considerations
170. Globalization and Its Critics
171. Review Exercises
172. Discussion Cases
173. Appendix: How to Write an Ethics Paper
174. The Content of the Paper
175. The Paper’s Structure
176. Types of Ethics Papers
177. Is It an Ethics Paper?
178. Structuring or Analyzing an Ethical Argument
179. Sample Ethics Papers
180. Notes
181. Glossary
182. Index

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