A Handbook of Ethical Theory
In: Ethical Issues in the 21st Century Ser
Intro -- Contents -- Preface* -- Notes -- Part I: -- The Accepted Content of Morals -- Chapter 1 -- Is There an Accepted Content? -- The Point in Dispute -- What Constitutes Substantial Agreement? -- Dogmatic Assumption -- Chapter 2 -- The Codes of Communities -- The Codes of Communities: Justice -- The Codes of Communities: Veracity -- The Codes of Communities: The Common Good -- Chapter 3 -- The Codes of the Moralists -- The Moralists -- Epicurean and Stoic -- Plato -- Aristotle -- The Church -- Later Lists of the Virtues -- The Stretching of Moral Concepts -- The Reflective Mind and the Moral Codes -- Part II: -- Ethics as Science -- Chapter 4 -- The Awakening to Reflection -- The Dogmatism of the Natural Man -- The Awakening -- Chapter 5 -- Ethical Method -- Inductive and Deductive Method -- The Authority of the "Given" -- Chapter 6 -- The Materials of Ethics -- How the Moralist Should Proceed -- The Philosopher as Moralist -- Chapter 7 -- The Aim of Ethics as Science -- The Appeal to Reason -- The Appeal to Reason Justified -- Part III: -- Man and His Environment -- Chapter 8 -- Man's Nature -- The Background of Actions -- Man's Nature -- How Discover Man's Nature -- Chapter 9 -- Man's Material Environment -- The Struggle with Nature -- The Conquests of the Mind -- The Conquest of Nature and the Well-Being of Man -- Chapter 10 -- Man's Social Environment -- Man Is Assigned His Place -- Varieties of the Social Order -- Social Organization -- Social Order and Human Will -- Part IV: -- The Realm of Ends -- Chapter 11 -- Impulse, Desire, and Will -- Impulse -- Desire -- Desire of the Unattainable -- Will -- Desire and Will Not Identical -- The Will and Deferred Action -- Chapter 12 -- The Permanent Will -- Consciously Chosen Ends -- Ends Not Consciously Chosen -- The Choice of Ideals -- Chapter 13 -- The Object in Desire and Will
