Ethics Inventing Right And Wrong
Tác giả: J. L. Mackie
Ký hiệu tác giả: JL-M
DDC: 170 - Đạo đức học
Ngôn ngữ: Anh
Số cuốn: 1

Hiện trạng các bản sách

Mã số: 258SB0016328
Nhà xuất bản: Penguin Books
Năm xuất bản: 1983
Khổ sách: 19
Số trang: 249
Kho sách: Thư viện Sao Biển
Tình trạng: Hiện có
Contents    
Preface 9   
PART ONE: THE STATUS OF ETHICS   
 1 The Subjectivity of Values   
1 Moral scepticism  15
 2 Subjectivism   17
3 The multiplicity of second order questions  19
4 Is objectivity a real issue?  20
 5 Standards of evaluation  25
6 Hypothetical and categorical imperatives  27
 7 The claim to objectivity  30
8 The argument from relativity  36
9 The argument from queerness  38
10 Patterns of objectification  42
11 The general goal of human life  46
12 Conclusion  48
2 The Meaning of 'Good'   
 1 The general meaning of 'good'  50
2 'Good' in moral contexts 59
 3 Obligations and Reasons   
1 'Is' and 'ought'  64
2 The meaning of 'ought'  73
3 Varieties of reason  77
4 Institutions 80
4 Universalization   
1 The first stage of universalization: the irrelevance of mumerical differences  83
 2 The second stage of universalization: putting oneself in the other person's place  90
3 The third stage of universalization: taking account of different tastes and rival ideals   92
4 Subjective elements in universalization  97
PART TWO: THE CONTENT OF ETHICS   
5 The Object of Morality  
 1 Consequences of moral scepticism  105
2. A device for counteracting limited sympathies  107
3 The form of the device  111
4 Game theory analysis  115
5 The content of the device: conservatism or reform?  120
6 Utilitarianism   
1 Act utilitarianism  125
2 The ethics of fantasy  129
 3 Morality in the narrow sense 134
 4 Rule utilitarianism  136
 5 The proof of utility  140
 6 Utility as desire-satisfaction  145
7 The malleability of morality  146
 7 Consequentialism and Deontology   
1 Conceptions of the good  149
 2. The rationale of universalization  151
 3 The need for secondary principles  154
4 Special relationships and the form of moral principles  157
5 Ends and means  159
6 Absolutism and the principle of double effect  160
8 Elements of a Practical Morality   
1 The good for man  169
2 Egoism, rights, and property  172
3 Liberty  180
4 Truth-telling, lies, and agreements  182
5 How princes should keep faith  184
6 Virtue  186
 7 The motive for morality  189
8 Extensions of morality  193
9 The right to life  195
10 Conclusion  199
 PART THREE: FRONTIERS OF ETHICS  
 9 Determinism, Responsibility, and Choice   
1 Voluntary or intentional actions  203
2 The straight rule of responsibility  208
3 Causal determinism and human action  215
4 Hard and soft determinism  220
10 Religion, Law, and Politics   
1 The theological frontier of ethics   227
2 Contacts and overlaps between morality and law  232
3 Political applications and extensions of morality  235
Notes and References  241
 Index  247