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How Should We Live? Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)

How Should We Live? By Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)

How Should We Live? by Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)

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How Should We Live?: An Introduction to Ethics by Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)

Explore central questions in moral philosophy with HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? With a focus on the question of why or how we should be moral in a time plagued by relativism, this philosophy text covers the three most seminal ethical theories: utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue-based ethics. End of chapter discussion questions and bibliography assist you in contemplating the most central issues encountered in the text and in pursuing additional research.

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Preface. Word to the Student. 1. Why do We Need Morality? 2. Why Should I Be Moral? Is the Good Good for you? 3. Who's to Judge? Ethical Relativism. 4. The Case for Ethical Objectivism. 5. Religion and Ethics. 6. Utilitarianism. 7. Deontological Ethics: Intuitionism and Kantian Ethics. 8. Virtue-Based Ethical Theory. 9. Human Rights. Conclusion: How Should We Live?

About Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)

Louis P. Pojman (1935-2005) was Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the United States Military Academy and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Copenhagen and a Rockefeller Fellow at Hamburg University. He received his D.Phil. in Philosophy from Oxford University in 1997.His first position was at the University of Notre Dame, after which he taught at the University of Texas at Dallas. Later, at the University of Mississippi, he served for three years as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. In 1995, he became Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He most recently was Visiting Professor at Brigham Young University in Utah and Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Oxford University. Pojman won several research and teaching awards, including the Burlington Northern Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship (1988) and the Outstanding Scholar/Teacher in the Humanities at the University of Mississippi (1994). He wrote in the areas of philosophy of religion, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy and authored or edited more than 30 books and 100 articles. Louis Pojman passed away in 2005.

Table of Contents

Preface. Word to the Student. 1. Why do We Need Morality? 2. Why Should I Be Moral? Is the Good Good for you? 3. Who''s to Judge? Ethical Relativism. 4. The Case for Ethical Objectivism. 5. Religion and Ethics. 6. Utilitarianism. 7. Deontological Ethics: Intuitionism and Kantian Ethics. 8. Virtue-Based Ethical Theory. 9. Human Rights. Conclusion: How Should We Live?

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CIN0534556574VG
9780534556570
0534556574
How Should We Live?: An Introduction to Ethics by Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)
Louis Pojman (Late of the United States Military Academy, West Point)
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Cengage Learning, Inc
2004-08-01
208
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