A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox
by Anthony Weston, Bob Fischer
5th Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780197617557 |
| eText ISBN | 9780197617588 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publishing Year | 2023 |
| Edition | 5th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 336 |
A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox, 5th Edition, by Anthony Weston and Bob Fischer, is an introductory ethics textbook designed for philosophy and sociology courses. The text offers structured methods to practice reflective ethical inquiry, helping readers analyze moral values and evaluate theoretical concepts.
The content groups major theoretical traditions into dedicated sections, addressing the ethics of the person, the ethics of happiness, the ethics of virtue, and the ethics of relationship. The material then shifts toward analytical application, introducing techniques for minding evidence and judging like cases alike within ethical reasoning.
Published by Oxford University Press, this 336-page textbook supports higher education students and professors engaged in ethical study. The volume is offered in both print and digital formats to accommodate academic coursework in philosophy and introductory ethics.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is Ethics?
- • Reading 1.1: Weston & Fischer, “Ethics after Covid-19”
Chapter 2: Ethical Short-Circuits and How to Avoid Them
- • Reading 2.1: Reni Eddo-Lodge, “Color-Blindness and Other Illusions”
Chapter 3: Ethics and Religion
- • Reading 3.1: Luke Timothy Johnson, “Homosexuality and the Church”
Chapter 4: Taking Values Seriously
- • Reading 4.1 Alice Walker, “Am I Blue?” (with commentary)
- • Reading 4.2: Bertha Alvarez Manninen, “The Replaceable Fetus”
Chapter 5: The Ethics of the Person
- • Reading 5.1: Philip Hallie, from “Le Chambon”
- • Reading 5.2: Immanuel Kant, from Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals
- • Reading 5.3: from The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
Chapter 6: The Ethics of Happiness
- • Reading 6.1: J. S. Mill, from Utilitarianism
- • Reading 6.2: Esperanza Guisán, “An Ethic of Liberty and Solidarity”
Chapter 7: The Ethics of Virtue
- • Reading 7.1: Alyse Spiehler, “Living Virtue”
- • Reading 7.2: Aristotle, from Nichomachean Ethics
- • Reading 7.3: Lao Tzu, from the Tao Te Ching
- • Reading 7.4: John Sullivan, from Living Large
Chapter 8: The Ethics of Relationship
- • Reading 8.1: Nel Noddings, from Caring
- • Reading 8.2: Margaret Urban Walker, “Toward an inter-personal ethics”
- • Reading 8.3: Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic”
Chapter 9: Minding the Evidence
- • Reading 9.1: Martin Fowler, The Ethical Practice of Critical Thinking
Chapter 10: Judging Like Cases Alike
- • Reading 10.1: from Harry Gensler, Ethics and the Golden Rule
- • Reading 10.2: Amy Glaser, “Beyond Adultism”
Chapter 11: Dialogue
- • Reading 11.1: Mary Jacksteit and Adrienne Kaufmann, “The Common Ground Network for Life and Choice”
- • Reading 11.2: Sophie-Grace Chappell, “How (Not) to Talk About, and To, Trans Women”
Chapter 12: When Values Conflict
- • Reading 12.1: Roger Gottlieb, “Can We Talk? Understanding the 'Other Side' in the Animal-Rights Debate”
Chapter 13: Opening Up Problems
- • Reading 13.1: Fran Peavey, “Strategic Questioning”
Chapter 14: Moral Vision
- • Reading 14.1: William McDonough, “Design for a New World”
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