Beschreibung:
By Joel Marks
This book offers an unconventional defense of Kantian ethical theory as encompassing moral regard for nonhuman animals and, complementarily, an exhaustive rendition of a relatively neglected refutation of consequentialism as violating an essential meta-ethical condition of theoretical viability.
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Ethical Egoism Chapter 4 Chapter 2. The Consequentialist Continuum Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Let Us Boldly Go: The Case for Utilitarianism Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Refutation of Consequentialism Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Nonconsequentialism and the Consequentialist Critique Chapter 8 Chapter 6. The Ethics of Ethics Chapter 9 Appendix I. What are we talking about? (What is ethics?) Chapter 10 Appendix II. A simple theory (What is theory?) Chapter 11 Appendix III. Animal ethics Chapter 12 Glossary