David W. Chambers

Building the Moral Community (eBook, PDF)

Radical Naturalism and Emergence

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Building the Moral Community: Radical Naturalism and Emergence demonstrates how very simple models of moral engagements based on natural, incomplete, value-laden frames of the world can lead to general moral progress for the human community. All moral behavior affects more than one person, which means that the moral community is more than the sum of the individuals included in it. David W. Chambers argues that there is no ethically detached and superior position from which to operate, and that such claims are focused on ethics, not on acting morally. Therefore, he cautions against mistaking theories of ethics composed on statements about what is good and right for actual moral behavior that moves broadly and inevitably toward a better world. This book explores naturalistic ethics, offering a modified classical analytic philosophy exploration of morality that is consistent with emerging thinking in psychology, neurobiology, game theory, and self-adjusting systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216336600
• Artikelnr.: 74835107

Autorenporträt

David W. Chambers is professor of dental education at the University of the Pacific. He has been a visiting scholar in philosophy at Cambridge University, University of California, Berkeley, and the London School of Economics exploring moral issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Morality and Ethics
Chapter 2: Moral Engagements
Chapter 3: Simple Moral Choice
Chapter 4: Complex Moral Choice
Chapter 5: Simple Moral Engagement
Chapter 6: Complex Moral Engagement
Chapter 7: Framing
Chapter 8: Common Sense Patterns
Chapter 9: Reframing and Bargaining
Chapter 10: Moral Community
Chapter 11: Failure to Engage
Chapter 12: Moral Progress
Appendix: Inventory of Engagement