ETHICS AT THE CROSSROADS

Vol. I

NORMATIVE ETHICS AND OBJECTIVE REASON

edited by

George F. McLean

CONTENTS

Introduction  

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

Acknowledgements