A theory of general ethics : human relationships, nature, and the built environment / Warwick Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Warwick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Nature--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nature.

Architecture--Moral and ethical aspects.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An integrated approach to ethics that covers interhuman ethics, the ethics of the natural environment (including animals), and the ethics of the built environment, and enables us to offer sensible and defensible answers to the widest possible range of eth.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

I General Ethics-and Its Problems

1 Introduction: The Idea of a General Ethics

2 Problems That Any General Ethics Must Be Able to Address

II The Foundational Value of Responsive Cohesion

3 Introducing the Idea of Responsive Cohesion

4 The Best Approach to Everything

Appendix to Chapter 4: A Note on the Concepts of Responsive Cohesion, Reflective Equilibrium, Organic Unity, Complex Systems, and So On

5 The Best Approach to Conventional, Interhuman Ethics

III Contexts, Mindsharers, and Iso-Experients

6 The Theory of Responsive Cohesion's Theory of Contexts

7 Exploring the Cognitive Worlds of Mindsharers and Iso-Experients

8 Time Blindness, Autobiographical Death, and Our Obligations in Respect of All Beings

IV Summary, Applications, and Concluding Thoughts

9 Putting It All Together: The Shape of a General Ethics Worthy of the Name

10 Applying the Theory of Responsive Cohesion

11 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-381) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09787-3

9786612097874

0-262-27305-5

1-4294-1608-4

OCLC:

614962166