Moral dilemmas, identity, and our moral condition : a guide for the ethically perplexed /
For readers engaged in intellectual struggle, ethical thinking, and trying to figure out how to live a purposeful, fulfilling life, here is a critical and accessible approach to ethics. Moral dilemmas challenge us to think through sticky situations and lead us to look for moral grounding. Following...
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Algora Publishing,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; A Moral Dilemma; Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Inquiry; Outline ; Chapter Two: Preliminary Questions, Distinctions, and Definitions; Why Be Good?; Ethics vs. Morals; Ethics vs. Meta-Ethics; Reasonable and Rational; "Ought to Do" and "Ought to Be" Norms; Reduction vs. Explication; Where Do We Begin?; The Role of Intuitions; The Moral Being; Chapter Three: Moral Dilemmas; Introduction; What is Not a Moral Dilemma; Pedestrian Dilemmas; Theoretical Dilemmas; Critical Dilemmas; Conclusion; Chapter Four: The Use and Purpose of Moral Dilemmas; Pedestrian Dilemmas.
- Theoretical DilemmasCritical Dilemmas; What is Sought in Response to Moral Dilemmas ; Conclusion; Chapter Five: Attempts to Find Moral Grounding; Introduction; Criteria for a Successful Grounding; Theological Approaches; Consequentialist Approaches; Deontological Approaches; Virtue-Based Approaches; Conclusion; Chapter Six: Identity as Grounding; The General Problem; The Identity Approach; How Identity Deals with the General Problem; What the Approach Offers; Conclusion; Review of the Argument So Far; Chapter Seven: An Explication of Identity; Introduction; Identity as a Web of Roles.
- Familial RolesPolitical Roles; Intellectual Roles; Social Roles; Communal Roles; Cultural Roles; Affinity Roles; Professional Roles; Aesthetic Roles; Religious Roles; Philosophical Roles; Natural Roles; A Comparison: Kant and Identity; Conclusion; Chapter Eight: General Points Regarding Roles; Roles are Both Factual and Normative; The Content of a Role Has Various Sources; Roles are Acquired by Being, Accident, and Choice; Roles are Particularized; Roles Form a System, Not a Conglomeration; Roles are Hierarchical; Roles Shape Other Roles; Roles are Overlapping; Roles are Contextual.
- Roles are Fluid in Shape and ExistenceRoles are Often Defeasible, But Some Roles Cannot Truly Be Abandoned; Acting Against a Role Can be a Form of Bad Faith; Roles and Rights; Roles and Universal Norms; A Comparison with Ancient Ethics; Conclusion: Identity Again; Chapter Nine: The Identity Approach in Practice; Lawyers and Legal Ethics; Civil: Defendants' Attorneys; Criminal: Representing the Guilty ; Criminal: Constitutional Violations and Technicalities; Criminal: Plea Bargaining; Business Ethics; Political and Other Leadership; Unjust or Immoral Laws and Orders; Solidarity.
- CosmopolitanismAddiction and Recovery; Conclusion: Complex Identity and the Integration of the Self; Chapter Ten: Moral Dilemmas Reconsidered; Introduction; Pedestrian Dilemmas; Theoretical Dilemmas ; Critical Dilemmas; The Treatment Reviewed; Chapter Eleven: Between Insulation and Imperialism; Introduction; The Challenge; The Fluidity of Identity; The Essential Self-Conscious Self; The Amoral; Avoiding Ethical Imperialism; Threading the Needle; A Note on Ethical Thought and Reflection; Conclusion; Chapter Twelve: Concluding Reflections; Summary; The Lessons of Moral Dilemmas.