Ethical Health

Auteur

Joel Marks is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of New Haven, and a Bioethics Center scholar at Yale University. His previous books include Ethics without Morals, Hard Atheism and the Ethics of Desire, and Reason and Ethics. His Website is www.docsoc.com.

Texte du rabat

This book argues that moralism is a troublesome emotion of the sort one might seek help with from a psychotherapist. Its focus is on how to disabuse ourselves of the illusion that our values are objective, as well as how to manage the manifestations of its residual presence.

Contenu

Introduction: The Impulse of Morality Part 1: The Rejection of Morality 1. Morality Does Not Exist 2. The Belief in Morality is Baneful 3. An Alternative to Morality Part 2: The Recalcitrance of Morality 4. The Power of Illusion Part 3: The Management of Morality 5. Learning to Walk the Talk Conclusion: My Ethics Appendix 1: Moral Management Appendix 2: Book Series Promoting Amoralism Bibliography