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This Is Ethics

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An Introduction. Presents an accessible and engaging introduction to right and wrong in the context of a variety of contemporary issues actively debated in moral philosophy today.Additional resources are available at thisisphilosophy.com.

List of contents

Preface xv
 
Acknowledgments xix
 
Part One What's in Our Interests? 1
 
1 Pleasure 3
 
Three Questions about Pleasure 4
 
What Is Pleasure? 6
 
The sensation view 7
 
The attitude view 7
 
The desire view 8
 
Physiology of pleasure* 10
 
Value of Pleasure 11
 
Hedonism 12
 
Argument in favor of hedonism 1: Discernible differences 13
 
Argument in favor of hedonism 2: Motivation 13
 
Higher pleasures 13
 
Pluralism about prudential value 15
 
Nozick's experience machine argument 15
 
Two responses to Nozick 16
 
Pessimism about the value of pleasure* 17
 
Summary and Questions 19
 
Annotated Bibliography 20
 
Online Resources 22
 
2 Happiness, Well-being, and the Meaning of Life 25
 
Hedonism, Again 27
 
Objection 1: Trivial pleasures 28
 
Objection 2: The role of happiness in deliberation 28
 
Satisfaction Theories 29
 
Desire satisfaction theories of well-being 29
 
Objections to desire satisfaction theories 30
 
Objection 1: Which desires count? 30
 
Objection 2: Expensive tastes 31
 
Life satisfaction theories of happiness 32
 
An objection to life satisfaction theories 33
 
Objective List Theories 34
 
Objections to the objective list theories 35
 
The Capability Approach* 37
 
Happiness and the Meaning of Life 39
 
Emotional state theory of happiness* 40
 
The question of the meaning of life 41
 
Susan Wolf 's fitting fulfillment theory 42
 
Summary and Questions 43
 
Annotated Bibliography 44
 
Online Resources 47
 
Part Two Normative Ethics 51
 
3 Egoism and Altruism 53
 
Different Forms of Egoism and Altruism 55
 
Feldman's objection to ethical egoism 56
 
Two Arguments for Ethical Egoism 57
 
The "ought implies can" argument 58
 
The practical reasons argument 58
 
Two Objections to Psychological Egoism 59
 
The everyday objection 59
 
The evolutionary objection 60
 
Moore's Argument against Ethical Egoism* 62
 
Problems of Moore's argument* 63
 
Gauthier's Contractarianism 64
 
The paradox of social cooperation 65
 
Contractarianism as a solution 67
 
The compliance problem 68
 
Reason one: Risk of exclusion 69
 
Reason two: Risk of revealing your true motives 69
 
Summary 69
 
Problems with Gauthier's Theory 70
 
Objection 1: Scope of moral concern 70
 
Objection 2: Deception 70
 
Objection 3: Acting for right reasons 71
 
Summary and Questions 71
 
Annotated Bibliography 73
 
Online Resources 75
 
4 Consequentialism and Kantian Ethics 79
 
Consequentialism 80
 
Utilitarianism 82
 
Deliberation procedure vs. criterion of rightness 83
 
Direct vs. indirect forms of consequentialism 83
 
Utilitarianism vs. richer conceptions of value 84
 
Actual vs. expected value 85
 
Maximizing vs. satisficing 86
 
Mill's Argument for Utilitarianism 86
 
The problems with Mill's argument 88
 
Saving Mill's argument 89
 
Kantian Ethics 90
 
The good will 90
 
The universalization test 92
 
Duties, right and wrong 94
 
Why do the right thing? 95
 
Reason 1: Exceptions 95
 
Reason 2: Freedom 96
 
Counterexamples and Convergence 97
 
Counterexamples to utilitarianism 98
 
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Product details

Authors Jussi Suikkanen
Publisher Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 11.08.2014
 
EAN 9781118479407
ISBN 978-1-118-47940-7
No. of pages 312
Series This is Philosophy
This is Philosophy
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy

Ethik, Psychologie, Soziale Entwicklung, Philosophie, Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Moraltheologie, christliche Ethik, Moral Theology / Christian Ethics, Social Development

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