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Ethics : discovering right and wrong / Louis P. Pojman.

By: Pojman, Louis P.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2006Edition: 5th ed.Description: xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0534619363.Subject(s): EthicsDDC classification: 170
Contents:
1. Introduction: What is Ethics?-- 2. Ethical Relativism: Who's to judge what's right and wrong? - 3. The case for moral objectivism - 4. Value: the quest for the good - 5. Egoism, self interest and altrusim - 6. Utilitarianism - 7. Kantian and deontological systems - 8. Virtue-based ethical systems - 9. Why should I be moral? - 10. Religion and ethics - 11. The fact-value problem: Metaethics in the twentieth century - 12. Moral realism and the challenge of skepticism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: What is Ethics?-- 2. Ethical Relativism: Who's to judge what's right and wrong? - 3. The case for moral objectivism - 4. Value: the quest for the good - 5. Egoism, self interest and altrusim - 6. Utilitarianism - 7. Kantian and deontological systems - 8. Virtue-based ethical systems - 9. Why should I be moral? - 10. Religion and ethics - 11. The fact-value problem: Metaethics in the twentieth century - 12. Moral realism and the challenge of skepticism.