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iii CONTENTS ‘’ PREFACE xvii PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1 Ethics and the Examined Life 3 The Ethical Landscape 5 The Elements of Ethics 6 The Preeminence of Reason 6 QUICK REVIEW 7 The Universal Perspective 7 The Principle of Impartiality 8 The Dominance of Moral Norms 8 Religion and Morality 8 Believers Need Moral Reasoning 9 When Conflicts Arise, Ethics Steps In 9 CRITICAL THOUGHT: ETHICS, RELIGION, AND TOUGH MORAL ISSUES 10 Moral Philosophy Enables Productive Discourse 10 Summary 12 Exercises: Review Questions / Discussion Questions 12 READINGS from What Is the Socratic Method? by Christopher Phillips 13 from The Euthyphro by Plato 16 CHAPTER 2 Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism 20 Subjective Relativism 21 QUICK REVIEW 21 JUDGE NOT? 22 213006_00_i-xviii_r2_as.qxp:213006_00_i-xviii_r2_as 8/6/15 1:25 AM Page iii