Ethics or The Force of Reason

Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory

Author: Lawrence M Hinman

ETHICS: A PLURALISTIC APPROACH TO MORAL THEORY provides a comprehensive yet clear introduction to the main traditions in ethical thought, including virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology. Additionally, the book presents a conceptual framework of ethical pluralism to help students understand the relationship among various theories. Hinman, one of the most respected and accomplished professionals in ethics and philosophy education today, presents a text that gives students plentiful opportunities to explore ethical theory and their own responses to them, using fascinating features such as the "Ethical Inventory" sections that appear at the beginning and the end of the text. End-of-chapter discussion questions, interviews with contemporary advocates of major ethical theories, and the use of current issues and movies help students retain what they've learn and truly comprehend the subject matter.

Table of Contents:

1. The Moral Point of View
2.Understanding the Diversity of Moral Beliefs: Relativism, Absolutism, and Pluralism
3.The Ethics of Divine Commands: Religious Moralities
4.The Ethics of Selfishness: Egoism
5.The Ethics of Consequences: Utilitarianism
6.The Ethics of Duty and Respect: Immanuel Kant
7.The Ethics of Rights: Contemporary Theories
8.The Ethics of Justice: From Plato to Rawls
9.The Ethics of Character: Aristotle and Our Contemporaries
10.The Ethics of Diversity: Gender
11.The Ethics of Diversity: Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism
12.Conclusion: Toward a Global Ethics of Peace.
Glossary.
Index.

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The Force of Reason

Author: Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci is back with her much-anticipated follow up to The Rage and the Pride, her powerful post-September 11 manifesto. The genesis for The Force of Reason was a postscript entitled Due Anni Dopo (Two Years Later), which was intended as a brief appendix to the thirtieth edition of The Rage and the Pride (2002). Once Ms. Fallaci completed the postscript, she chose to expand it into a book, a continuation of her ideas set in motion in The Rage and the Pride.In The Force of Reason Fallaci takes aim at the many attacks and death threats she received after the publication of The Rage and the Pride. Ms. Fallaci begins by identifying herself with one Master Cecco, the author of a heretical book who was burnt at the stake during the Inquisition seven centuries ago on account of his beliefs, and proceeds with a rigorous analysis of the burning of Troy and the creation of a Europe that, to her judgment, is no longer her familiar homeland but rather a place best called Eurabia, a soon-to-be colony of Islam (with Italy as its stronghold). Ms. Fallaci explores her ideas in historical, philosophical, moral, and political terms, courageously addressing taboo topics with sharp logic.