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Nature of Morality:

  • Philosophy AND Ethics
  • Morality
  • Law*
  • Religion*

Theories of Morality: Consequentialist:

  • Egoism
  • Utilitarianism
  • Consequentialist Theories
  • Care Ethics

Nonconsequentialist (Deontological) Theories of Morality:

  • Divine Command Theories
  • Kant's Duty Ethics
  • Good Will
  • Duties versus Inclinations

Virtue Ethics:

  • Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
  • Virtuous Human Being
  • Confucian Role Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
  • Confucian Relationships
  • Vice ANDVirtue

Absolutism Verses Relativism:

  • Meanings of Absolute
  • Meaning of Relative
  • Controversy
  • State of Affairs
  • Emotive Theory
  • Moral Statements
  • Moral Propositions

 

Freedom Versus Determinism:

  • Meaning of Determinism
  • Religious
  • Scientific
  • Historical or Cultural
  • Economic or Social
  • Psychological
  • Fatalism
  • Indeterminism
  • Arguments for Freedom
  • Human Complexity

Reward and Punishment:

  • Roles of Reward and Punishment
  • Rewarding People
  • Retributivist or Deserts Theory
  • Utilitarian Theory
  • Restitution Theory
  • John Rawl's Theory of Justice
  • Human Rights

Moral System:

  • Conflicting Moral Issues
  • Consequentialism Versus Nonconsequentialism
  • Self-Versus Other-Interestedness
  • Act Verses Rule
  • Emotion Verses Reason
  • Logical Consistency
  • Basic Assumptions
  • Basic Principles
  • Individual Freedoms

 

Human Life:

  • Killing in Defense of the Innocent
  • War
  • Terrorism
  • Capital Punishment

Mercy AND Dealth OR Killing:

  • Euthanasia
  • Mercy
  • Patient Self-Determination Act
  • Hospice
  • Attitudes
  • Safeguards

Abortion:

  • Issues
  • Human Life
  • Arguments Against
  • Arguments For
  • Pro Choice

Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing:

  • Consequentialist Views
  • Arguments for Lying
  • Arguments for Cheating
  • Breaking Promises
  • A Person's Word
  • Forms of Dishonesty
  • Arguments for Stealing
  • Use of Artificial Intelligence

Morality, Marriage, AND (Humans):

  • Moral Issues
  • Public Aspect
  • Marriage-Type 
  • Relationships

Bioethics AND Ethical Issues AND/OR Medicine:

  • Health Care Professionals and Patients
  • Rights and Obligations
  • Informed Consent
  • Research

Business and Media Ethics:

  • Rights and Obligations
  • Honesty
  • Ethical Issues
  • Affirmative Action 
  • Reserve Discrimination
  • Global Economy
  • Media Ethics
  • Right to Privacy
  • Corporate Greed

Environmental Ethics:

  • Nature and Morality
  • Natural Environment
  • Explotation
  • Moderate Position
  • Animal Rights
  • Food
  • Experimentation
  • Endangered Species
  • Environmental Issues