Philosophical foundations for moral education and character development : act and agent /
Philosophical foundations for moral education and character development : act and agent /
edited by George F. McLean, Frederick E. Ellrod.
- 2nd ed., expanded.
- Washington, D.C. : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1992.
- ix, 366 pages ; 24 cm.
- Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series VI, Foundations of moral education ; vol. 1 .
Rev. ed. of: Act and agent. 1986.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Ethical relativism
• Selections from Folkways, William Graham Sumner
• Relativism and objectivity in Ethics, William H. Shaw
Chapter 2: Devine command theory
• Euthyphro, Plato
• The story of Abraham, The Bible
Chapter 3: Egoism
• The myth of Gyges, Plato
• Egoism and moral scepticism, James Rachels
Chapter 4: consequentialism
• Selection from Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill
• An outline of a system of Utilitarian ethics, J.J.C. Smart
• The experience machine, Robert Nozick
Chapter 5: Deontology
• Selection from the foundations of the metaphysics of morals, Immanuel Kant
• A simplified version of Kant’s ethics: perplexities of famine and world hunger, Onora O’Neill
• What makes right acts right? , W.D. Ross
Chapter 6: Justice
• Selection from A theory of justice, John Rawls
• The entitlement theory, Robert Nozick
Chapter 7: Virtue ethics
• Selection from Nichomachean ethics, Aristotle
• On some vices of virtue ethics, Robert B. Louden
• Virtue theory and abortion, Rosalind Hursthouse
Chapter 8: Feminist ethics
• Selection from in a different voice, Carol Gilligan
• Women and caring, Nel Noddings
Chapter 9: Theories in Practice
• The message of affirmative action, Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
• Rich and poor, Peter Singer
• Perspectives on World Hunger and the Extent of our positive duties, Robert N. Van Wyk
• Why abortion is immoral, Donald Marquis
• Abortion through a feminist ethics Lens, Susan Sherwin
Part I: Philosophical resources
• Contemporary philosophies of moral education by Fredrick E. Ellrod
• Backgrounds in American philosophers for a theory of moral development by Jesse A. Mann
• Affectivity: the power base of moral behavior by Sebastian A. Samay
• Traditional, cultures and values by George F. Mclean
Part II: Aspects of an integrated theory of the moral agent
• Freedom and moral choice by Frederick E. Ellrod
• Moral character by Walter Nicgorski and Fredrick E. Ellrod
• Moral reasoning by Joseph M. Boyle, Jr.
• A phenomenology of moral sensibility: moral emotion by John D. Caputo
• The human good and moral choice by John Farrelly
• On the foundations of moral judgement by David Schindler
• The moral environment by Walter Nicgorski
• On the integrity of morality in relation to religion by David Schindler
Part III: The unity of the moral agent
• The person, moral growth and character development by George F. Mclean
1565180003 1565180011 (pbk.)
91030829
Ethics.
Moral education.
Moral development.
Act (Philosophy)
Agent (Philosophy)
170 / PHI
Rev. ed. of: Act and agent. 1986.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Ethical relativism
• Selections from Folkways, William Graham Sumner
• Relativism and objectivity in Ethics, William H. Shaw
Chapter 2: Devine command theory
• Euthyphro, Plato
• The story of Abraham, The Bible
Chapter 3: Egoism
• The myth of Gyges, Plato
• Egoism and moral scepticism, James Rachels
Chapter 4: consequentialism
• Selection from Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill
• An outline of a system of Utilitarian ethics, J.J.C. Smart
• The experience machine, Robert Nozick
Chapter 5: Deontology
• Selection from the foundations of the metaphysics of morals, Immanuel Kant
• A simplified version of Kant’s ethics: perplexities of famine and world hunger, Onora O’Neill
• What makes right acts right? , W.D. Ross
Chapter 6: Justice
• Selection from A theory of justice, John Rawls
• The entitlement theory, Robert Nozick
Chapter 7: Virtue ethics
• Selection from Nichomachean ethics, Aristotle
• On some vices of virtue ethics, Robert B. Louden
• Virtue theory and abortion, Rosalind Hursthouse
Chapter 8: Feminist ethics
• Selection from in a different voice, Carol Gilligan
• Women and caring, Nel Noddings
Chapter 9: Theories in Practice
• The message of affirmative action, Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
• Rich and poor, Peter Singer
• Perspectives on World Hunger and the Extent of our positive duties, Robert N. Van Wyk
• Why abortion is immoral, Donald Marquis
• Abortion through a feminist ethics Lens, Susan Sherwin
Part I: Philosophical resources
• Contemporary philosophies of moral education by Fredrick E. Ellrod
• Backgrounds in American philosophers for a theory of moral development by Jesse A. Mann
• Affectivity: the power base of moral behavior by Sebastian A. Samay
• Traditional, cultures and values by George F. Mclean
Part II: Aspects of an integrated theory of the moral agent
• Freedom and moral choice by Frederick E. Ellrod
• Moral character by Walter Nicgorski and Fredrick E. Ellrod
• Moral reasoning by Joseph M. Boyle, Jr.
• A phenomenology of moral sensibility: moral emotion by John D. Caputo
• The human good and moral choice by John Farrelly
• On the foundations of moral judgement by David Schindler
• The moral environment by Walter Nicgorski
• On the integrity of morality in relation to religion by David Schindler
Part III: The unity of the moral agent
• The person, moral growth and character development by George F. Mclean
1565180003 1565180011 (pbk.)
91030829
Ethics.
Moral education.
Moral development.
Act (Philosophy)
Agent (Philosophy)
170 / PHI