{"product_id":"ethics-for-dummies-paperback-softback-9781394366361","title":"Ethics For Dummies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781394366361","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEthics For Dummies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Panza (Author), Adam Potthast (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394366361, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 January 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 18.8 x 3 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour approachable guide to ethical philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthics For Dummies, 2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is an easy-to-grasp introduction to the branch of philosophy that deals with living a good life. Learn about the most important concepts and thinkers in the world of ethics, so you can analyze issues in the modern world from an ethical perspective. Explore standards of right and wrong, fairness, virtues, and how different cultures approach the questions of ethics—this book explains it all in clear and simple terms. Plus, it demystifies the writings of great ethicists like Aristotle, Confucius, Descartes, Kant, and Hume. Throughout the book, you practice theorizing on major ethical questions of today, including AI and social media. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover non-Western approaches to ethics, including Hindu, African, and Indigenous ways of thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore ethical questions around race, social constructs, disability, and beyond\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet help understanding the writings of Aristotle, Confucius, and other famous ethical philosophers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApply ethics to your everyday life, for more confident, reasoned decisions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eEthics For Dummies, 2nd Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e become more comfortable with the centuries-old study of ethical philosophy, so you can pass your ethics class—or just pass the ethical tests life throws your way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Book 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConventions Used in This Book 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat You’re Not to Read 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoolish Assumptions 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow This Book Is Organized 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1: Ethics 101: Just the Basics, Please 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2: Surveying Key Ethical Theories 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3: Applying Ethics to Real Life 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 5: The Part of Tens 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIcons Used in This Book 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the Book 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Go from Here 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Ethics 101: Just the Basics, Please 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Approaching Ethics: What Is It and Why Should You Care? 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing the Right Words: The Vocabulary of Ethics 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on should and ought 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoiding the pitfall of separating ethics and morality 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting law in its proper place 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying Two Arguments for Being Ethical 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy be ethical 101? It pays off! 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy be ethical 201? You’ll live a life of integrity 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommitting Yourself to the Ethical Life 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking stock: Know thyself 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding your moral framework 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing where you need to go 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Butting Heads: Is Ethics Just a Matter of Opinion? 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubjectivism: Basing Ethics on Each Person’s Opinion 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRight for me and wrong for you: The subjectivist position 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognizing that subjectivism can’t handle disagreement 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey’re always right: Subjectivists make bad houseguests 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetermining what subjectivism gets right 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Relativism: Grounding Ethics in the Group’s Opinion 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering what it means to be a cultural relativist 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding why cultural relativism is always so popular 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving in many worlds: Some problems with cultural relativism 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking at cultural relativism’s lack of respect for tolerance 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoting cultural relativism’s successes 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotivism: Seeing Ethics as a Tool of Expression 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpressing yourself: Booing and cheering in ethics 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing emotionally: A problem for emotivists 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting motivation right: A victory for emotivism 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Exploring Connections between Ethics, Religion, and Science 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClarifying the Relationship between God, Religion, and Ethical Codes 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing the difference between God and religion 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemplating the diversity of religious ethical codes 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecause God Said So: Understanding Divine Command Theory 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod’s authority: Considering why God gets to be in charge 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiguring out what happens when divine commands conflict 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato’s big challenge: Questioning what makes something ethical 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Ethics Gets in the Way of God: Introducing Kierkegaard 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abraham dilemma: When God tells you to kill your child 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbracing a God who’s beyond ethics 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOvercoming your despair: Can faith take you beyond ethics? 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen God Gets in the Way of Ethics: Introducing Nietzsche 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortraying religion as an ethics of weakness 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaping over faith: Ethics as inner strength rooted in self-creation 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining Nietzsche’s new idea: The ethics of inner strength 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Age of Science: Figuring Out If Ethics Can Exist in a Secular World 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStaying silent on the spiritual 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining ethics in a materialistic world 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstablishing good behavior without heaven or hell 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution and Ethics: Rising Above the Law of the Jungle 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing how selfish genes can promote unselfish behavior 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoting the irrelevance of (most) evolutionary theory to ethics 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Surveying Key Ethical Theories 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Being an Excellent Person: Virtue Ethics 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lowdown: Virtuous Character Matters 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering why character matters 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnecting character with action 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing character as a way of life 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirtue: Settled habits towards the good 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinking Virtue to Cultivating Your Human Nature 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow virtue is linked to human nature 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultivating your nature is good and good for you 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining what cultivated human nature looks like 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirtuous immersion in your social world 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponding virtuously to the universe itself 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsking Whether Virtue Guarantees Happiness 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle: Virtue is not enough for human flourishing 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAurelius: Virtue is all you need to flourish 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiguring Out How to Acquire the Virtues 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan virtues really be taught? 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApprenticing yourself to a virtuous master or two or three 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle: Shaping how we experience the world 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAurelius: Correcting how we see the world 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Criticisms of Virtue Ethics 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s difficult to know which virtues are right 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirtues can’t give exact guidance 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirtue ethics is really self-centered 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing virtuous is a lucky crapshoot 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Maximizing the Good: Consequentialist Ethics 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaying Close Attention to Results: Consequences Matter 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsequences matter to everyone 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsequences ethically trump principles and character 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveying What Makes Consequences Good 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarianism says: More pleasure, less pain (please!) 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeethoven or beer: Recognizing why some pleasures are better than others 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting Utilitarianism into Action 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhose happiness counts? 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow much happiness is enough? 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing On Two Different Ways to Be a Successful Utilitarian 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirectly increasing the good through your actions 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndirectly increasing the good by following the rules 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring Traditional Problems with Utilitarianism 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenge 1: Justice and rights play second fiddle in utilitarianism 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenge 2: Utilitarianism is too demanding 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenge 3: Utilitarianism may threaten your integrity 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenge 4: Knowing what produces the most good is impossible 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Doing Your Duty: The Ethics of Principle 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant’s Ethics: Acting on Reasonable Principles 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining principles 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoting the difference between principles and rules 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking sense of Kantian ethics: The struggle between nature and reason 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutonomy: Being a law unto yourself 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving by the Categorical Imperative: Reasonable Principles 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking behind actions: Maxims are principles 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining imperatives 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveying the Forms of the Categorical Imperative 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForm 1: Living by universal principles 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForm 2: Respecting everyone’s humanity 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplying the Categorical Imperative to Real-Life Dilemmas 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the Formula of Universal Law to distinguish imperfect from perfect duties 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplying the Formula of Humanity to ethical topics 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScrutinizing Kant’s Ethics 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnconditional duty: Can you lie to a murderer? 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuiding actions in real moral dilemmas 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking enough room for feelings 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccounting for beings with no reason 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Signing on the Dotted Line: Ethics as Contract 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Ethics with Contracts 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReviewing Hobbes’s state of nature: The war of all against all 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEscaping the state of nature: Enter the sovereign! 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving to the modern form of social contracts 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestructuring Social Institutions According to Rawls’s Theory of Justice 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking stock of the original position and its veil of ignorance 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArriving at the liberty and difference principles 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the Dotted Line: Criticizing Contract Theory 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut I never signed on the dotted line! 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLibertarianism: Contracts make people lose too much liberty 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunitarianism: Challenging the veil of ignorance 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Turning Down the Testosterone: Feminist Care Ethics 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Feminist Challenge: Traditional Ethics Is Biased toward Men 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Beauvoir: How socialization shapes our thinking 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting a grasp on the feminist approach 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing how bias seeps into your life 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring how bias infects ethics 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA case study of male bias: Kohlberg’s theory of moral development 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering Gilligan’s criticism of Kohlberg’s model 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveying a New Feminist Ethics of Care 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting relationships first 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLetting feelings count: Cultivating care 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbracing partiality 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCare avoids abstraction 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Developing the Notion of Caring 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaring requires a deep and reciprocal bond 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJumping into another’s skin: Engrossment 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving from me to you: Motivational displacement 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing the loop: The need for reciprocity 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering the Politics of Caring 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssembling the basic components of caring 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbracing the political dimension of care 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReviewing Criticisms of Care Ethics 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCare ethics and public life: An uneasy fit 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo some relationships really deserve care? 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCould care ethics harm women? 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Global Morality: Examining Non-Western Ethics 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking Differently: Why Cross-Cultural Ethics Matters 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoiding Ethnocentrism: Seeing Ethics as Embedded in Cultural Contexts 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultivating Relationships: Confucian Ethics 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy relationships? Understanding the big picture 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbodying ren: Building excellent relationships 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ethical importance of learning 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMirroring good role models 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping the virtues to support ren 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfucian dedication to developing others 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReducing Suffering: Buddhist Ethics 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe significance of life before becoming Buddha 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergence of the Buddha and Buddhist doctrine 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ethical cure to suffering: The eightfold path 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultivating virtue: Joy, kindness, and compassion 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarmony with Nature: Daoist Ethics 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling the inexpressible Dao: Life as a mystery 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultivating an ethics that rejects ethics 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReawakening the Spiritual: Hindu Ethics 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAtman and brahman: Finding your eternal self 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDharma: The ethical path to enlightenment 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAchieving liberation: The final aim of the system 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Applying Ethics to Real Life 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Dealing with Mad Scientists: Biomedical Ethics 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining Some Principles of Biomedical Ethics 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaternalism: Does a doctor always know best? 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutonomy: Being in the driver’s seat for your own healthcare decisions 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeneficence and nonmaleficence: Doing no harm 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking a Closer Look at the Intractable Issue of Abortion 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeciding who is and isn’t a person 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA right to life from the beginning: Being pro-life 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe freedom to control one’s body: Being pro-choice 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 21st Century Problem: Attack of the Clones 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the growing use of cloning in medicine 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetermining whether cloning endangers individuality 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnticipating Ethical Problems with Genetic Technologies 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTesting to avoid abnormalities 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding cures for diseases with stem cell research 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering genetic privacy concerns 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManipulating the genome to create designer people 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDying and Dignity: Debating Euthanasia 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with controversy at the end of life 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking autonomous choices about death 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKilling the most vulnerable 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking beyond the West: Palliative care 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Protecting the Habitat: Environmental Ethics 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCanvassing Environmental Ethics 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognizing environmental problems 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding care past human beings 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetermining Whose Interests Count 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting interested in interests 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropocentrism: Only humans matter! 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSentientism: Don’t forget animals 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiocentrism: Please don’t pick on life 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcocentrism: The land itself is alive 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning to Environmental Approaches 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservationism: Keeping an eye on costs 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeep ecology: Viewing interconnection as the key 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial ecology: Blaming domination 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining Criticisms of Environmental Ethics 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcofascism : Pushing humans out of the picture 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValuing things in a nonhuman-centered way: Is it possible? 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Looking Out for the Little Guy: Ethics and Animals 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on the Premise of Animal Rights 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestioning whether humans really are superior to animals 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing why Peter Singer says animals feel pain, too 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing wary of speciesism 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperimenting on Animals for the Greater Good 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe main rationale for experimenting: Harming animals saves humans 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebating animal testing of consumer products 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Eat or Not to Eat Animals: That’s the Question 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding why ethical vegetarians don’t eat meat 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponding to ethical vegetarians: Omnivores strike back! 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking at factory farming’s effects on animals 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVegans: Eliminating animal servitude 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTargeting the ethics of hunting animals 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Vibing with the Bots: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on AI: The High Stakes of Computing 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinguishing three types of AI: The good, the bad, and the ugly 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulating the robots: Goals and ethical principles for AI 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s getting hot in here: The environmental impact of AI 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRespecting the User: Manipulation and Deception 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraining or draining? Data accumulation, bias, and privacy rights 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobot writers: Who owns AI-generated work? 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaming the system: Using AI to ace your essay 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReality bytes: Deepfakes and propaganda 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransparency: Making AI open-source and explainable 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeking the Singularity: The Day AI Outsmarts Us All 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing the Singularity as a unique ethical challenge 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExistential risks: Autonomous weaponry 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSticking up for the robots: Ethical obligations to AI 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging Human Dignity: How AI Will Rewrite the Human World 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoving the LLM: AI that cares about you 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning it off and on again: Sex robots? 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLosing our minds: When humans no longer understand the world 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat would you say you do here? AI and the disappearance of work 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14: Making Accommodations: Disability Ethics 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging Normality: Disability Trend Setter 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCasting disability as abnormality: The common view 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking under the hood and poking at normality 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecasting disability as difference: The contrary view 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeaf culture 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUncovering Ableism: Hidden Discrimination 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining ableism and how to spot it 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing ableism as more than an intention 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering institutional ableism 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExposing internalized ableism 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpersonal ableism 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombatting ableism: Nothing about us, without us 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocating Disability: Is It Physical or Social? 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDissecting the medical model: The body as problem 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestraining common view and medical model 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognizing the dangers of eugenics 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering genetic engineering and abortion 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning to the social model: Society as the problem 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking biopsychosocial: The hybrid model 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplicating Disability: Intersectional Ethics 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the experience of disability 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplicating disability with race, gender, and class 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn ethical suggestion: Pause and ponder 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Disability Challenges Ethics 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15: Liking and Subscribing: Social Media Ethics 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocializing Online: Social Media as the New Ethical Frontier 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining issues of privacy on the internet 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial media and long-term online identities 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHailing the Almighty Algorithm: Programming the Social Revolution 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hidden hand of the platform algorithm 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoomscrolling, addiction, and mental health in social media 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalling the Mods: The Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: the Part of Tens 373\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16: Ten Famous Ethicists and Their Theories 375\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfucius: Nurturing Virtue in Good Relationships 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato: Living Justly through Balance 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle: Making Virtue Ethics a Habit 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHobbes: Beginning Contract Theory 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHume: Eyeing the Importance of Moral Feelings 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant: Being Ethical Makes You Free 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMill: Maximizing Utility Matters Most 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNietzsche: Connecting Morals and Power 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRawls: Looking Out for the Least Well-Off 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinger: Speaking Out for Modern Utilitarianism 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17: Ten Ethical Dilemmas Likely to Arise in the Future 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Designer Genes to Create Designer Babies 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivacy Absolutism and Erasing Your Digital Self 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging the Growing Population of Planet Earth 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with Dramatic Increases in the Human Lifespan 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigital Immortality and Uploading Your Mind 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeohacking the Planet to Alter the Climate 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring and Terraforming New Worlds 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniversal Basic Income — Everyone Gets a Piece of the Action 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Governments in Virtual Reality 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFree, Unlimited Energy and the End of Scarcity 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhoa, Dinosaur! 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