Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels

Description

This book offers a unique method for teaching ethics and social/political philosophy by combining primary texts and resource material along with three philosophical novels so that students can apply the abstract principles to real-life situations. A sample syllabus and sample assignments are provided. This second edition contains an additional teacher's manual, guiding instructors in how to effectively put together a course in ethics using fiction. Students often turn-off when confronted with abstract ethical principles, alone. This book allows interaction with philosophical novels that provide real-life situations that mirrors applying normative principles to lived experience. Students will be drawn into this realism and their engagement with the material will be significantly enhanced. This is an innovative textbook for teachers and students of general philosophy, ethics, business ethics, social and political philosophy, as well as students of literature and philosophy. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 First Order Metaethical Principles: Boylan’s Philosophical Work on Ethics and Personhood Theory (Michael Boylan)....Pages 3-18 Virtue Ethics with Selections from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (Michael Boylan)....Pages 19-43 Utilitarianism (Michael Boylan)....Pages 45-62 Deontology with Selections from Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Michael Boylan)....Pages 63-74 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 Rainbow Curve (Michael Boylan)....Pages 77-311 To the Promised Land (Michael Boylan)....Pages 313-488 Naked Reverse (Michael Boylan)....Pages 489-716 Back Matter ....Pages 729-786