Beyond the New Morality : The Responsibilities of Freedom, Third Edition /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grisez, Germain Gabriel, 1929-2018
Otros Autores: Shaw, Russell B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 1988.
Edición:3rd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ethiek.
Ethik
Ethics.
RELIGION > Ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
Morale.
Ethics
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Roots of the Ethical Problem
  • Why Ethics Is Important
  • The Nature of This Book
  • The Plan of the Book
  • Story of the Book
  • CHAPTER 1: FREEDOM MEANS RESPONSIBILITY
  • Freedom Is Physical Freedom
  • Freedom Is Doing As One Pleases
  • Ideal Freedom, Creative Freedom, Freedom
  • Freedom Is Self-Determination
  • Determinism
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 2: BEING A PERSON IS A LIFELONG JOB
  • Remaining a person is not the problem
  • Becoming a person is not the problem
  • The Problem is How to Be a Person
  • Self-Determination
  • Character and "Fundamental Option"
  • Giving meaning to life
  • Questions for Review and Discussion.
  • CHAPTER 3: WHAT FULFILLMENT ISN'T
  • The problem with pleasure
  • Fulfillment isn't looking ahead
  • A goal to be achieved after death?
  • Questions for review and discussion
  • CHAPTER 4: FULFILLMENT IS BEiNG A COMPLETE PERSON
  • A Whole Life
  • The Question of Commitment
  • How Self-Determination Works
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 5: PERSONS COMPLETE ONE ANOTHER
  • Others As Objects
  • Others As Community
  • Individual, Society, and Societies
  • Community and Human Purposes
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 6: WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR US
  • Cultural Relativism
  • Individualistic Subjectivism
  • Questions for Review and Discussion.
  • CHAPTER 7: HUMAN GOODS: REASONS FOR CHOICES
  • Purposes
  • Eight Categories of Basic Human Goods
  • Human Goods: Aspects of Our Personhood
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 8: "OuGHT" POINTS TOWARD FULLNESS OF BEING
  • Good and Ought, Bad and Ought Not
  • Being and Being More
  • What about Morality?
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 9: THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY
  • A Matter of Choice
  • Two Ways of Choosing
  • The First Principle of Morality
  • The Meaning of Immorality
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 10: THE ETHICS OF LOVE
  • Relatives and Absolutes
  • Utilitarianism
  • Love Is/Isn't Everything
  • Questions for Review and Discussion.
  • CHAPTER 11: GUIDELINES FOR LOVE
  • The Golden Rule
  • Patience and Readiness to Forgive
  • Sharing and Cooperation
  • Readiness to Act
  • Fortitude
  • Self-control
  • Reality vs. Illusion
  • In General
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 12: PERSONS, MEANS, AND ENDS
  • Respecting Human Goods
  • Are There Inalienable Rights?
  • Ethical Absolutes and Consequentialist Solutions
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 13: WHEN ACTION IS AMBIGUOUS
  • Not Either/Or but Both/And
  • Two Kinds of Ambiguity
  • Killing the Unborn
  • Other Examples
  • War
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 14: DUTIES: RESPONSIBILITIES IN COMMUNITY
  • Contractual Duty
  • Communities and Duties
  • Authority
  • In Search of Community
  • The Moral Limits of Duties
  • When Duties Conflict
  • Questions for Review and Discussion.
  • CHAPTER 15: OUR DEVELOPMENT AS PERSONS DEPENDS ON US
  • Freedom's Power and Limits
  • Moral Ideals
  • Overcoming Obstacles to Freedom
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 16: SHAPING THE FUTURE
  • What Education Cannot Do
  • What Education Can Do
  • Rules for Children
  • Religious Training
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 17: PROGRESS IN PERSPECTIVE
  • Is Progress Possible?
  • Progress vs. Freedom
  • The Search for Panaceas
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 18: REVOLUTION AND REFORM
  • Realistic Limits
  • Social Relationships
  • Reform of Community
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • CHAPTER 19: THE ROLE OF RELIGION
  • Religion: Evasion of Responsibility?
  • Religion and Freedom
  • Religion and Evil
  • Religion and Hope
  • Questions for Review and Discussion.
  • CHAPTER 20: WE MUST DECIDE WHO WE SHALL BE
  • Religion and the Religious Quest
  • Making Commitments to Organize One's Life
  • Making Commitments: Right Ways and Wrong
  • Character and Virtue
  • Finally
  • Questions for Review and Discussion
  • SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
  • INDEX.

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