Foundations of ethics :

Ochieng'-Odhiambo, F.

Foundations of ethics : a critical reader in moral and social philosophy / F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo. - Nairobi : University of Nairobi Press, 2009. - x, 207 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references ([202]-204) and index.

Part 1. Basic concepts
Part 2. Two theories of ethics
Part 3. Rule-utilitarianism and the generalisation argument

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Ethics.
Ethical relativism
Universality and ethics--Supervenience
Moral concepts
Ethical relativism--Restricted and unrestricted
Kinds of judgments
Ethical relativism --Ethical absolutism
Ethical terms and criteria--Hybrid judments--Types of disagreement
Theological principle
Deontological theories of ethics
Theories of punisment
Justice
Results of punisment--Deontology or retributivism
Exceptions to moral principles--Genuine exceptions--Apparent exceptions
Generalisation argument--Supervenience and universality--Deontology
Generalisation argument--Theological principle
Rule-utilitarianism

BJ 1025 / .O27 2009