[PDF] Ethical Life eBook

Author : Webb Keane
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0691176264

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The human propensity to take an ethical stance toward oneself and others is found in every known society, yet we also know that values taken for granted in one society can contradict those in another. Does ethical life arise from human nature itself? Is it a universal human trait? Or is it a product of one's cultural and historical context? Webb Keane offers a new approach to the empirical study of ethical life that reconciles these questions, showing how ethics arise at the intersection of human biology and social dynamics. Drawing on the latest findings in psychology, conversational interaction, ethnography, and history, Ethical Life takes readers from inner city America to Samoa and the Inuit Arctic to reveal how we are creatures of our biology as well as our history—and how our ethical lives are contingent on both. Keane looks at Melanesian theories of mind and the training of Buddhist monks, and discusses important social causes such as the British abolitionist movement and American feminism. He explores how styles of child rearing, notions of the person, and moral codes in different communities elaborate on certain basic human tendencies while suppressing or ignoring others. Certain to provoke debate, Ethical Life presents an entirely new way of thinking about ethics, morals, and the factors that shape them.

Author : Peter Singer
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1497645581

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The essential collection of writings by one of the most visionary and daring philosophers of our time Since bursting sensationally into the public consciousness in 1975 with his groundbreaking work Animal Liberation, Peter Singer has remained one of the most provocative ethicists of the modern age. His reputation, built largely on isolated incendiary quotations and outrage-of-the-moment news coverage, has preceded him ever since. Aiming to present a more accurate and thoughtful picture of Singer’s pioneering work, Writings on an Ethical Life features twenty-seven excerpts from some of his most lauded and controversial essays and books. The reflections on life, death, murder, vegetarianism, poverty, and ethical living found in these pages come together in a must-read collection for anyone seeking a better understanding of the issues that shape our world today. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Singer, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 9780190058258

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"A compact yet thorough collection of readings in ethical theory and contemporary moral problems - at the best price"--

Author : Anand Pandian
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 17,78 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion and ethics
ISBN : 0253355281

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Outgrowth of an international workshop on the subject of South Asian ethical practices held in Vancouver, Canada in September 2007.

Author : Richard Kyte
Publisher : Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Ethical intuitionism
ISBN : 9781599820743

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Presents a logical, intuitive approach to ethical thinking that relies on native abilities and shows how it's possible to work out complex ethical problems, no sophisticated theories necessary.

Author : Claes G. Ryn
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813207117

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This study goes to the heart of ethics and politics. Strongly argued and lucidly written, the book makes a crucial distinction between two forms of democracy

Author : Joan C. Callahan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195050264

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When (if ever) may a professional deceive a client for the client's own good? Under what conditions (if any) is whistle-blowing morally required? These are just some of the questions that scholars as diverse as Michael D. Bayles, Thomas Nagel, Sissela Bok, Jessica Mitford, and Peter A. French confront in this stimulating anthology. Organized around philosophical issues such as the moral foundations of professional ethics, models of the professional-client relationship, deception, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, professional dissent, and professional virtue, the volume illuminates the complex ethical issues that arise in journalism, law, health care, counseling, education, engineering, business, politics, and social science research. A variety of pedagogic aids including clear introductions to and study questions for each set of readings, concrete cases designed to focus discussion, and an appendix on preparing cases and position papers, make the text invaluable for both students and teachers of professional ethics.

Author : David Michael Kleinberg-Levin
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780804750882

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For Greek antiquity, the question of right or fitting measure constituted the very heart of both ethics and politics. But can the Good of the ethical life and the Justice of the political be reduced to measurement and calculation? If they are matters of measure, are they not also absolutely immeasurable? In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Hölderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, the author argues that the question of measure has become ever more urgent in the context of a modernity pressured by the conditions of a technological economy and a relativism that threatens to destroy a vital sense of moral responsibility and the commitment to justice that underlies the possibility of freedom. Conceived as a task for the “metaphysics” of memory, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence.

Author : Ido Geiger
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 36,18 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780804754248

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It is well known that Hegel conceives of history as the gradual process of rational thought and of forms of political life. But he is usually thought to place himself at the end of this process. This book argues that an essential part of Hegel's historical-political thinking has escaped the notice of its interpreters.

Author : Jay. M Bernstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 31,79 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1136160396

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Reading across the whole range of Habermas' work, this book traces the development of the theory of communicative reason from its inception to its defence against postmodernism. Bernstein's analyses are always problem centred and thematic rather than textual, making this a major contribution to the critical literature on Habermas.