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Philosophical foundations for moral education and character development : act and agent / edited by George F. McLean, Frederick E. Ellrod.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series VI, Foundations of moral education ; ; vol. 1Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1992.Edition: 2nd ed., expandedDescription: ix, 366 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1565180003
  • 1565180011 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Act and agent.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 23rd edition PHI
Contents:
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
Item type: Book
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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

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