Description :
In this inspiring book the author defines the field of General Ethics and offers the first example of a truly general ethics. He develops a single, integrated approach to ethics that encompasses the realms of interhuman ethics, the ethics of the natural environment, and the ethics of the built environment. Thus, offering the first example of an ethical “Theory of Everything.”
“This book is striking in its originality. It aims at a very ambitious goal: the development of an ethical theory that encompasses the domains of human relationships, nonhuman animals, and the rest of nature, including the built environment. Remarkably, it succeeds in achieving this goal.”
Andrew McLaughlin
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Lehman College
City University of New York
Content :
Preface and Acknowledgments. I General Ethics-and Its Problems —1 Introduction: The Idea of a General Ethics, 2 Problems That Any General Ethics Must Be Able to Address. II The Foundational Value of Responsive Cohesion—3 Introducing the Idea of Responsive Cohesion 4 The Best Approach to Everything Appendix to Chapter 4 A Note on the Concepts of Responsive Cohesion, Reflective Equilibrium, Organic Unity, Complex Systems, and So On, 5 The Best Approach to Conventional, Interhuman Ethics. III Contexts, Mindsharers, and Iso-Experients—6 The Theory of Responsive Cohesion's Theory of Contexts, 7 Exploring the Cognitive Worlds of Mindsharers and Iso-Experients, 8 Time Blindness, Autobiographical Death, and Our Obligations in Respect of All Beings. IV Summary, Applications, and Concluding Thoughts — 9 Putting It All Together: The Shape of a General Ethics Worthy of the Name, 10 Applying the Theory of Responsive Cohension, 11 Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index. No Related Books
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