Do Morals Matter?: A Guide to Contemporary Religious Ethics

1 Thinking about ethics.

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Part One: Philosophical Ethics.

2 Why not do wrong?.

3 Is the ethical a human construct or a factual realm?.

4 Do you just do what is right or do you try to predict the outcomes?.

5 Natural law and virtue ethics.

6 Ethics and the Bible.

7 Learning from the wisdom of the world.

8 Humanism: do we need God to realize that people just matter?.

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Part Two: Ethical Dilemmas.

9 Dilemmas in bed.

10 Dilemmas in business.

11 Dilemmas in medicine.

12 Dilemmas involving violence and power.

13 Dilemmas in government and leadership.

14 Dilemmas and the future: the environment, animals, and plants.

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Part Three: Making a Decision.

15 Becoming a morally serious person.

16 Taking an ethical position.

Index