03957cam a2200433 i 4500 19764893 BJBSDDR 20260316101618.0 ta 170630s2017 mau 001 0 eng 2017030570 9781507204931 (hardback) 1507204930 (hardcover) 9781507204948 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc BJ 1012 B724e 2017 205 Boone, Brian 28310 Ethics 101 : from altruism and utilitarianism to bioethics and political ethics, an exploration of the concepts of right and wrong / Brian Boone. New York : Adams Media, 2017. 255 pages ; 19 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Adams 101 Includes index. Ethics and the ancient Greek philosophers. Philosophy versus moral philosophy ; The importance of ethics ; The Sophists ; The Socratic method ; Plato's Ethics ; The moral philosophy of Aristotle The divergent Greek schools. The philosophy of the Cynics ; The skeptics of ancient Greece ; The Epicureans ; The Stoics ; Plotinus and Neoplatonism Consequentialist ethics. Normative ethics and descriptive ethics ; Jeremy Bentham and measuring utility ; John Stuart Mill and utilitarianism ; Ethical altruism ; Rule consequentialism ; Act consequentialism ; Criticisms of consequentialist ethics Deontological ethics. Immanuel Kant and Kantianism ; Kant and the categorical imperative ; Alternate formulations of Kant's categorical imperative ; John Rawls and the ethics of egalitarianism ; Criticisms of Kantian ethics Virtue ethics. Virtue ethics ; Criticisms of virtue ethics ; Divine command theory ; Thomas Aquinas and natural law ethics ; Ethical relativism ; Moral realism and antirealism Eastern moral philosophies. Buddhist ethics ; Confucianism and ethics ; Ibn Sina's reconciliation ; Ibn Miskawayh and Al-Ghazali ; Taoist ethics Negative views on ethics. Niccolò Machiavelli ; Jean-Paul Sartre and existentialism ; The ethics of Friedrich Nietzsche ; The philosophies of Arthur Schopenhauer ; Ludwig Wittgenstein and the language of ethics Other moral philosophers. Peter Abelard and nominalism ; Voltaire and hedonism ; John Locke and the just government ; Lord Shaftesbury and moral sense theory ; The philosophies of Baruch Spinoza Classic ethics exercises. The trolley dilemma ; The prisoner's dilemma ; Eubulides of Miletus and the Sorites paradox ; The spider in the urinal ; The cow in the field problem ; The liar paradox ; The ship of Theseus problem Applied ethics. Business and professional ethics ; Ethics in politics ; Medical ethics ; Challenges in bioethics ; Social ethics "Ethics 101 offers an exciting look into the history of moral principles that dictate human behavior. This easy-to-read guide presents the key concepts of ethics in fun, straightforward lessons and exercises featuring only the most important facts, theories, and ideas. Ethics 101 includes unique, accessible elements such as explanations of the major moral philosophies, including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and eastern philosophers including Avicenna, Buddha, and Confucius; and unique profiles of the greatest characters in moral philosophy"-- Provided by publisher. Ethics. Ética 1103 Right and wrong. Online version: Boone, Brian, author. Ethics 101 Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, 2017 9781507204948 (DLC) 2017031981 Adams 101 series 30564 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123785 123785 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-06-06 0 BJ 1012 B724e 2017 00000192909 2025-06-06 00:00:00 1 2025-06-06 BK