Test Bank for Ethics Theory and Contemporary Issues, Concise Edition, 8th Edition

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1305077504
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1305077508
• Author: Barbara MacKinnon

ETHICS: THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, 8E CONCISE presents the major areas of ethical theory through an engaging collection of contemporary moral debates. First, readers are introduced to such ethical subjects as religion and global ethics, utilitarianism and deontology, natural law ethics, virtue ethics, non-Western paradigms, feminist ethics, and care ethics. Then, these and other ethical concepts provide the framework for in-depth discussions on moral dilemmas such as euthanasia, sexual morality, economic justice, animal ethics, war, violence, and globalization. Plus, this edition brings the debate up-to-date with detailed discussions of timely moral topics such as same-sex marriage, structural racism, factory farming, pacifism, and global distributive justice.

Table Of Contents:

1. Ch 1: Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
2. Learning Outcomes
3. Why Study Ethics?
4. What is Ethics?
5. Ethical and Other Types of Evaluation
6. Sociobiology and the Naturalistic Fallacy
7. Ethical Terms
8. Ethics and Reasons
9. Intuitionism, Emotivism, Subjectivism, Objectivism
10. Ethical Reasoning and Arguments
11. Ethical Theory
12. Types of Ethical Theory
13. Can Ethics Be Taught?
14. Review Exercises
15. Ch 2: Religion and Global Ethics
16. Learning Outcomes
17. Freedom, Cosmopolitanism, and the European Enlightenment
18. Religion, Civic Life, and Civil Disobedience
19. Ethics, Religion, and Divine Command Theory
20. Pluralism and the Golden Rule
21. The Problem of Evil and Free Will
22. Secular Ethics and Toleration
23. Criticisms of Secularism and Global Ethics
24. Review Exercises
25. Ch 3: Ethical Relativism
26. Learning Outcomes
27. Descriptive vs. Normative Ethical Relativism
28. Individual vs. Cultural Relativism
29. Strong and Weak Relativism
30. Reasons Supporting Ethical Relativism
31. Are These Reasons Convincing?
32. Is Relativism Self-Contradictory?
33. Moral Realism
34. Moral Pluralism
35. Review Exercises
36. Ch 4: Egoism, Altruism, and the Social Contract
37. Learning Outcomes
38. Psychological Egoism
39. Ethical Egoism
40. The Moral Point of View
41. Why Be Moral?
42. Review Exercises
43. Ch 5: Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill
44. Learning Outcomes
45. Weighing Consequences
46. Historical Background
47. The Principle of Utility
48. Pleasure and Happiness
49. Calculating the Greatest Amount of Happiness
50. Quantity vs. Quality of Pleasure
51. Evaluating Utilitarianism
52. The Trolley Problem
53. Act and Rule Utilitarianism
54. “Proof” of the Theory
55. Review Exercises

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