Ethics for Life: Making Sense of the Morals of Everyday Living

: Introduction: The Art of Living: What makes something moral?: What is the point of ethics?: At what price is integrity?: Rights and responsibilities: The art of living: Free to choose?: What kind of freedom?: Free will: Determinism: Reductionism: How much freedom does morality need?: Freedom and the state: What do we mean?: Three kinds of language: Defining key terms: Some theories: ‘Is’ and ‘ought’: Is it natural?: Does it have a ‘final cause’?: Some features of ‘natural law’: How do you decide what is ‘natural’?: Applying ‘natural law’: Are we naturally good or bad?: Evolution, change and the natural law: Looking for results: Egoistic hedonism: Utilitarianism: Forms of utilitarianism: Sex and utilitarianism: General criticisms of utilitarianism: The experience of moral choice: Conscience: The categorial imperative: The creative response: Determined and yet free?: Personal development and virtue: Altruism?: Nietzsche: Virture ethics: Existentialism: Humankind, Marx and Freud: Law and order: Society and moral choice: In whose interest?: Is equality possible?: Social rules: Crime and punishment: Capital punishment: In self-defence?: Civil disobedience: If Nietzsche were a civil servant…: Religion and moral values: How are religion and morality related?: Judaism: Christianity: Islam: Hinduism: Buddhism: Sikhism: Religious values and society: Should religious freedom be restricted?: Scepticism and relativism: Nietzsche and Machiavelli: Philosophers or politicians?: Relativism and moral absolutes: Situation ethics: Applied ethics: The natural environment: Animal rights: International issues: Poverty and international aid: War and peace: Feminist issues: Some issues in medical ethics: The beginning and end of life: Genetics: Media issues: Business issues: Some conclusions: Moral progress: can people change?: A better world: illusion or essential hope?: So where does this leave us?: Taking it further: Further reading: Websites: Glossary: Index