| The Philosophical Journey, 2/e William Lawhead,
The University of Mississippi
The Search for Ethical Values
Chapter ObjectivesUpon completion of this chapter you should be able to:
1. explain the divine command theory and some common objections to it |
| | | 2. show evidence of having reflected on the question: why be moral? |
| | | 3. assess both subjective ethical relativism and conventional ethical relativism and critically evaluate several influential arguments for the latter |
| | | 4. distinguish between psychological and ethical egoism, clarify certain common misconceptions about ethical egoism, and weigh the strength of various arguments for ethical egoism |
| | | 5. describe the difference between consequentialist (teleological) and deontological approaches to ethics |
| | | 6. summarize utilitarianism, point out some differences between the approaches of Bentham and Mill, and present some strengths and weaknesses of utilitarianism |
| | | 7. explain Kant's notion of the good will, the 2 criteria for moral worth, the distinction between hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the universalizability test for moral permissibility, Kant's view of the intrinsic worth of persons, and Kant's absolutism |
| | | 8. state the difference between an ethics of conduct and virtue ethics and describe Aristotle's conception of virtues, including his doctrine of the mean |
| | | 9. identify several objections feminists have raised to the tradition of ethical theory, contrast the ethics of care with the ethics of justice, and indicate some criticisms that power-focused feminists make against the ethics of care |
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