Moral competence : an integrated approach to the study of ethics /

Liszka, James Jakób, 1950-

Moral competence : an integrated approach to the study of ethics / James Jakób Liszka. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1999. - xviii, 410 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Content

Chapter one
Moral sentiment
1.1 The variety of Moral feelings
1.2 The absence of Moral feelings
1.3 The varieties of Moral sentiments
1.4 The development of Moral sentiments
etc.

Chapter Two
Autonomy and strength of Will
2.1 The issue of free will
2.2 Moral luck
2.3 Moral strength and weakness
2.4 Responsibility for actions
2.5 The concept of autonomy
etc.

Chapter Three
Virtue and vice
3.1 Virtue as the Golden Mean
3.2 Virtue and character
3.3 The virtues of self-control
3.4 The virtues of self-efficacy
etc.

Chapter Four
Prudence
4.1 The relation between prudence and the virtues
4.2 The general features of prudence
4.3 How wisdom is acquired
4.4 Moral vision
etc.

Chapter Five
Moral knowledge
5.1 The acquisition of moral intuition
5.2 Stages of Moral knowledge
5.3 Deontological principles
5.4 Teleological principles
etc.



Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-396) and index.

0139744037 (paper)


Ethics.

170 / LIS