Critical reasoning in ethics : a practical introduction / Anne Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Social ethics.

Logic.

Reasoning.

Critical thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Critical Reasoning in Ethics is an accessible introduction that will enable students, through practical exercises, to develop their own skills in reasoning about ethical issues such as:* analysing and evaluating arguments used in discussions of ethical issues* analysing and evaluating ethical concepts, such as utilitarianism* making decisions on ethical issues* learning how to approach ethical issues in a fair minded wayEthical issues discussed include the arguments about abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, animal rights, the environment and war.The book

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Analysing moral reasoning; Recognising moral arguments; Exercise 1 Identifying moral arguments and conclusions; Structure of arguments; Other devices in reasoning; More features of ethical arguments; Exercise 2 Analysing moral arguments; Assessing moral reasoning; Can moral arguments be assessed?; Truth of reasons and reliability of authorities; Assessing support for conclusions; Flaws in arguments; Assessing analogies and comparisons; Exercise 3 Assessing moral reasoning; Exercising the skills of reasoning; Decision making

The optimising strategyEthical decision strategy; Exercise 5 Making decisions; Concepts in practical ethics; Clarifying terms; Clarifying concepts; Exercise 7 Analysing concepts; Moral principles and moral theories; Utilitarianism; Kant's moral theory; Moral theories and some other principles; Exercise 8 Applying principles and theories; Fair-mindedness and the role of emotion; Emotion and morality; Emotion and fair-mindedness; Exercise 9 Assessing issues in a fair-minded way; Exercise 10 Using all the skills; Appendix 1 Comments on selected exercises; Exercise 2; Exercise 3

Appendix 2 Summaries on specific ethical issuesEuthanasia; Ethics and animals; Ethics and the environment; Capital punishment; Ethics and war; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-69408-3

1-134-69409-1

0-203-26850-4

0-203-19507-8

1-280-32674-3

9780203195079

OCLC:

71348387