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Moral Soundings
Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life|
59,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 02.04.2004 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781461639398 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 328 |
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Moral Soundings takes a fresh new approach to introducing students and general readers to contemporary ethics. Rather than surveying the standard fare in a typical anthology format, Furrow collects diversified essays around a structured theme: does Western culture face a moral crisis of values? Prominent voices in the humanities and social sciences provide a range of perspectives on a concentrated set of ethical questions dealing with such topics as family values, the morality of capitalism, the benefits and dangers of new technologies, global conflict, and the role of religion. Unlike point/counterpoint books that often oversimplify the complexity of ethical questions, the readings in Moral Soundings provoke critical engagement and help students to recognize and emulate the logical development of arguments-all in engaging and easily accessible language. Readings are supplemented with helpful chapter introductions, study questions, and strategically placed editorial commentary to encourage further discussion and reflection. These features make Moral Soundings an ideal primary or supplementary text for undergraduate courses in ethics, contemporary moral issues, and social and political philosophy.
This topically organized, interdisciplinary anthology provides competing perspective on the claim that western culture faces a moral crisis. Using clearly written, accessible essays by well-known authors in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities, the book introduces students to a variety of perspectives on the current cultural debate about values that percolates beneath the surface of most of our social and political controversies.
Chapter 1 Preface
<br>Chapter 2 Introduction
<br>Part 3 I Morals and Money
<br>Chapter 4 The Spirit of Capitalism 2000
<br>Chapter 5 Interventions: Autonomy, Humility, and Self Direction
<br>Chapter 6 Markets and the Social Structure of Morality
<br>Chapter 7 Interventions: Autonomy as Self-Sufficiency
<br>Chapter 8 Two Cheers for Capitalism
<br>Chapter 9 Interventions: Does Capitalism Subvert or Support Autonomy?
<br>Part 10 II The Promise of Equality
<br>Chapter 11 Nihilism in Black America
<br>Chapter 12 Life, Liberty, Property
<br>Chapter 13 Still the Land of Opportunity?
<br>Chapter 14 Interventions: Are We Equal in Our Capacity to Make our Own Decisions?
<br>Chapter 15 The Moral Demands of Global Justice
<br>Chapter 16 Interventions: Is Personal Autonomy Compatible with Justice for All?
<br>Part 17 III Where Love Meets Obligation: The Family in Turmoil
<br>Chapter 18 Philosophical Reflections on the Family at Millennium's Beginning
<br>Chapter 19 Why Marriage?
<br>Chapter 20 Reconcilable Differences: What It Would Take for Marriage and Feminism to Say "I Do."
<br>Chapter 21 Interventions: Negotiating Dependence and Independence
<br>Part 22 IV Coping With Hi-Tech Cowboys
<br>Chapter 23 The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
<br>Chapter 24 What's at the Bottom of the Slippery Slope: A Post-Human Future?
<br>Chapter 25 Interventions: Can We Control Technology?
<br>Part 26 V In God We Trust—or Do We?
<br>Chapter 27 Can We Be Good Without Hell?
<br>Chapter 28 Everything I Like About Religion I Learned From an Athiest
<br>Chapter 29 Interventions: Is Obedience to God Compatible With Making My Own Decisions?
<br>Part 30 VI Global Conflict
<br>Chapter 31 The Future of "History": Francis Fukuyama vs. Samuel P. Huntington
<br>Chapter 32 The Clash of Ignorance
<br>Chapter 33 Interventions: Hybrid Identities and Autonomy
<br>Part 34 VII It's All Good: Life Among the Relativists
<br>Chapter 35 Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age?
<br>Chapter 36 Of Cave Dwellers and Spirits: The Trouble with Moral Absolutes
<br>Chapter 37 Interventions: Autonomy and Objectivity
<br>Part 38 VIII Renewals
<br>Chapter 39 Ecological Humanism: A Moral Image for Our Emotive Culture
<br>Chapter 40 American National Pride
<br>Chapter 41 Society in the Postmodern Era
<br>Chapter 42 Interventions: How to Reconcile Moral Freedom and Moral Responsiveness
<br>Chapter 2 Introduction
<br>Part 3 I Morals and Money
<br>Chapter 4 The Spirit of Capitalism 2000
<br>Chapter 5 Interventions: Autonomy, Humility, and Self Direction
<br>Chapter 6 Markets and the Social Structure of Morality
<br>Chapter 7 Interventions: Autonomy as Self-Sufficiency
<br>Chapter 8 Two Cheers for Capitalism
<br>Chapter 9 Interventions: Does Capitalism Subvert or Support Autonomy?
<br>Part 10 II The Promise of Equality
<br>Chapter 11 Nihilism in Black America
<br>Chapter 12 Life, Liberty, Property
<br>Chapter 13 Still the Land of Opportunity?
<br>Chapter 14 Interventions: Are We Equal in Our Capacity to Make our Own Decisions?
<br>Chapter 15 The Moral Demands of Global Justice
<br>Chapter 16 Interventions: Is Personal Autonomy Compatible with Justice for All?
<br>Part 17 III Where Love Meets Obligation: The Family in Turmoil
<br>Chapter 18 Philosophical Reflections on the Family at Millennium's Beginning
<br>Chapter 19 Why Marriage?
<br>Chapter 20 Reconcilable Differences: What It Would Take for Marriage and Feminism to Say "I Do."
<br>Chapter 21 Interventions: Negotiating Dependence and Independence
<br>Part 22 IV Coping With Hi-Tech Cowboys
<br>Chapter 23 The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
<br>Chapter 24 What's at the Bottom of the Slippery Slope: A Post-Human Future?
<br>Chapter 25 Interventions: Can We Control Technology?
<br>Part 26 V In God We Trust—or Do We?
<br>Chapter 27 Can We Be Good Without Hell?
<br>Chapter 28 Everything I Like About Religion I Learned From an Athiest
<br>Chapter 29 Interventions: Is Obedience to God Compatible With Making My Own Decisions?
<br>Part 30 VI Global Conflict
<br>Chapter 31 The Future of "History": Francis Fukuyama vs. Samuel P. Huntington
<br>Chapter 32 The Clash of Ignorance
<br>Chapter 33 Interventions: Hybrid Identities and Autonomy
<br>Part 34 VII It's All Good: Life Among the Relativists
<br>Chapter 35 Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age?
<br>Chapter 36 Of Cave Dwellers and Spirits: The Trouble with Moral Absolutes
<br>Chapter 37 Interventions: Autonomy and Objectivity
<br>Part 38 VIII Renewals
<br>Chapter 39 Ecological Humanism: A Moral Image for Our Emotive Culture
<br>Chapter 40 American National Pride
<br>Chapter 41 Society in the Postmodern Era
<br>Chapter 42 Interventions: How to Reconcile Moral Freedom and Moral Responsiveness
Dwight Furrow is assistant professor of philosophy at San Diego Mesa College.
·Covers topics of concern to contemporary citizens
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