Moral Reasoning in a Pluralistic World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Moral Reasoning in a Pluralistic World write by Patricia Marino. This book was released on 2015-09-01. Moral Reasoning in a Pluralistic World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Moral diversity is a fundamental reality of today’s world, but moral theorists have difficulty responding to it. Some take it as evidence for skepticism – the view that there are no moral truths. Others, associating moral reasoning with the search for overarching principles and unifying values, see it as the result of error. In the former case, moral reasoning is useless, since values express individual preferences; in the latter, our reasoning process is dramatically at odds with our lived experience. Moral Reasoning in a Pluralistic World takes a different approach, proposing an alternative way of thinking about moral reasoning and progress by showing how diversity and disagreement are compatible with theorizing and justification. Patricia Marino demonstrates that, instead of being evidence for skepticism and error, moral disagreements often arise because we value things pluralistically. This means that although people share multiple values such as fairness, honesty, loyalty, and benevolence, we interpret and prioritize those values in various ways. Given this pluralistic evaluation process, preferences for unified single-principle theories are not justified. Focusing on finding moral compromises, prioritizing conflicting values, and judging consistently from one case to another, Marino elaborates her ideas in terms of real-life dilemmas, arguing that the moral complexity and conflict we so often encounter can be part of fruitful and logical moral reflection. Aiming to draw new connections and bridge the gap between theoretical ethics and applied ethics, Moral Reasoning in a Pluralistic World offers a sophisticated set of philosophical arguments on moral reasoning and pluralism with real world applications.
Through the Moral Maze
Through the Moral Maze - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Through the Moral Maze write by Robert Kane. This book was released on 2017-07-12. Through the Moral Maze available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "On the ... issue of our pluralistic age -- whether we can continue to believe in absolute value -- Robert Kane has written the most helpful discussion I know. It is clear, cogent, and above all, convincing". -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions
The Many and the One
The Many and the One - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Many and the One write by Richard Madsen. This book was released on 2009-01-10. The Many and the One available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. Is such polarization leading to a violent "clash of civilizations" or can differences between ethical systems be reconciled through rational dialogue? This book provides an extraordinary resource for thinking clearly about the diverse ways in which humans see good and evil. In nine essays and responses, leading thinkers ask how ethical pluralism can be understood by classical liberalism, liberal-egalitarianism, critical theory, feminism, natural law, Confucianism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Each essay addresses five questions: Is the ideal society ethically uniform or diverse? Should the state protect, ban, or otherwise intervene in ethically based differences? How should disagreements on the rights and duties of citizens be dealt with? Should the state regulate life-and-death decisions such as euthanasia? To what extent should conflicting views on sexual relationships be accommodated? This book shows that contentious questions can be discussed with both incisiveness and civility. The editors provide the introduction and Donald Moon, the conclusion. The contributors are Brian Barry, Joseph Boyle, Simone Chambers, Joseph Chan, Christine Di Stefano, Dale F. Eickelman, Menachem Fisch, William Galston, John Haldane, Chandran Kukathas, David Little, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Carole Pateman, William F. Scheuerman, Adam B. Seligman, James W. Skillen, James Tully, and Lee H. Yearley.
Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World
Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World write by Helen M. Buss. This book was released on 2002-05-30. Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Annotation A collection of essays in honur of the man who encouraged and participated in shaping a Canadian contextual social ethics.
Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World
Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World write by Phyllis D. Airhart. This book was released on 2002-05-30. Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World is an apt title for this collection of essays in honour of Roger C. Hutchinson who, over many decades, has encouraged and participated in shaping a Canadian contextual social ethics. His abiding interest in social ethics and in religious engagement with public issues is reflected in his life’s work — seeking the consensus and self-knowledge required to achieve cooperation in the search for a just, participatory, and sustainable society. One of Roger Hutchinson’s many notable accomplishments is his development of a method of dialogue for ethical clarification in situations of diversity. Some of the essays collected here apply this method to specific issues, while others discuss how religious persons and organizations can and do co-operate in a pluralistic world to achieve social and ecological well-being. All essays are of keen interest to those concerned with the role and function of ethics at the matrix of religious conviction and social transformation. For nearly three decades Roger Hutchinson has been based at Victoria University in Toronto, first in religious studies, then at Emmanuel College, where he completed his teaching career as professor of church and society while serving as principal from 1996 to 2001.
