Bending the rules : morality in the modern world : from relationships to politics and war
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Bending the rules : morality in the modern world : from relationships to politics and war
Oxford University Press, 2008, c2007
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Bending the rules : the flexibility of absolutes in modern life
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"First published 2007, First published in paperback 2008"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index
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内容説明
Do-unto-others-as-you-would-have-them-do-unto-you. Who would disagree with this 'Golden Rule'? We regard it as the basis of an absolute and universal morality. And yet it is considered acceptable to kill the enemy in war; for a businessman to do the best for himself; for a lawyer to argue professionally for a position he would personally reject. Are the moral rules we live by more flexible than they seem at first sight? In Bending the Rules Robert Hinde does not follow the much-trodden path of philosophizing about what is right and just. Instead, he uses an approach grounded in the behavioural sciences to explore the nature of morality, what people actually do, what they believe to be right, and what values they hold, and how these positions came to be. Such a deeper understanding of morality, he argues, as a product of biological and cultural evolution, and changing with social environment, holds out hope that we can avoid disaster and steer society towards peace and equity in the twenty-first century.
目次
- Introduction
- 1. Ethical principles and precepts
- 2. The evolution of morality
- 3. Ethics and law
- 4. Exchange and reciprocity: conflict in Personal Relationships
- 5. Ethics and the physical sciences
- 6. Ethics and medicine
- 7. Ethics and politics
- 8. Ethics and business
- 9. Ethics and war
- 10. What does all this mean for the future?
- Appendix: Relations to Moral Philosophy
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