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Originally designed for the author's introductory college-course in Ethics, Moral Moments provides an accessible, yet philosophical, study of Ethics. The book's thirty-three short essays focus on the following themes: ethics is not subjective, ethics is relevant to business and everyday life, and 'What is ethics?'. The unique format includes some previously published newspaper op-ed columns that cover everything from everyday life to headline news. The culmination of these essays is a work that argues, against the social scientific spirit of the age, that ethics has a distinct role to play in contemporary decision making. Students and the general public will find Moral Moments' personal and conversational tone refreshing, while teachers will find helpful the many classroom episodes depicted, as well as the accompanying website www.moralmoments.com.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Preliminaries; Introduction; Dedication to a Colleague; Dedication to My Students
Part 2
EVASIONS:Chapter 3 Last Class
Chapter 4 Ethics on the Scales
Chapter 5 "That's Just your Opinion"
Chapter 6 "Says Who?"
Chapter 7 It's Legal, But Is It Ethical?
Chapter 8 Privatizing Ethics
Chapter 9 "I Don't Want to Argue!"
Chapter 10 A Bump on the Head
Chapter 11 Moral Magic
Chapter 12 The Eye of the Beholder
Chapter 13 Ethicist, Heal Thyself
Part 14
THEORIES:Chapter 15 Isaac
Chapter 16 The Consequentialist Continuum, Part 1
Chapter 17 Let Us Boldly Go: The Consequentialist Continuum, Part 2
Chapter 18 Moral Identity: The Consequentialist Continuum, Part 3
Chapter 19 Ersatz Ethics: The Consequentialist Continuum, Part 4
Chapter 20 "Ought" Implies Kant
Chapter 21 "Heil Schicklgruber"?
Chapter 22 Zen Awareness
Chapter 23 The Kitchen Sink
Part 24
STANDS:Chapter 25 Off the Hook?
Chapter 26 Guns and Jobs
Chapter 27 A Cock and Bull Argument
Chapter 28 Why Cheating is Wrong
Chapter 29 Why Are We Here?
Part 30
HAZARDS:Chapter 31 Occupational Hazards of an Ethicist
Chapter 32 Sitting While Standing
Chapter 33 Ego
Chapter 34 Honest to a Fault
Chapter 35 Teddi
Chapter 36 Acknowledgements; Index
About the author
Joel Marks
