Normative Ethics and Objective Reason Ethics at the Crossroads Vol.1

includes index and biblioraphy

PART I. ETHICS AS RESPONSE TO CHANGING SITUATIONS 1. Pragmatic Tests and Ethical Insights by Abraham Edel 2. Naturalism, Situation Ethics and Value Theory by Joseph Fletcher 3. The Character of Moral Reasoning by Vincent C. Punzo 4. Humanism and Ethics by Howard L. Parsons 5. Moral Agreement Under a Diversity of Values by Peter Caws PART II. ETHICS AS OBJECTIVE AND NORMATIVE A.Objective Foundations: Dignity of the Person and the Morally Good 6. The Person, Moral Growth and Character Development by George F. McLean 7. The Foundations of Moral Judgment by David Schindler 8. The Human Good and Moral Choice by John Farrelly 9. What Makes the Human Person a Being of Moral Worth by William E. May B. Natural Law and Normative Reasoning 10. Reason as Norm by Vernon J. Bourke 11. A Contemporary Natural-Law Ethics by Germain G. Grisez C. Normative Reasoning and Life in Society 12. Ethics and Prudence by Patrick J. Coffey 13. Positive Law in Natural Law by John T. Noonan Appendices I. John Paul II, Splendor Veritatis II. Paul Ricoeur, Reflection on Splendor Veritatis