1. Chapter 1: Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
Why Study Ethics?
There are differing views of moral rights and wrongs
Matters are not always easy to judge
What is Ethics?
The set of values or principles held by individuals or groups
A study of the various sets of values that people do have
Ethics is a branch of philosophy; moral philosophy
Normative Ethics
Metaethics
Philosophical questions can be asked about many subjects
Ethics and Religion

2. Chapter 1 continued Ethics and Religion
Ethics and religious grounding
Religion as a motivation for morality
Ethical and Other Types of Evaluation
Descriptive judgments
Normative judgments
Differences between the two
Ethical Terms
Right/Wrong
Good/Bad
Ought/Ought not

3. Chapter 1 continued Ethics and Reasons Ethical Reasoning and Arguments
Rational or Emotional
Inituitionism or emotive
Ethical Reasoning and Arguments
Reasons
Conclusions
Premises
Evaluating and Making Good Arguments
Soundness
Value assumptions
Conceptual matters
Factual assertions

4. Chapter 1 continued
The connection of Ethical Theory, Ethical Principles, and Ethical Judgments
Can Ethics Be Taught?
A matter of knowledge
A matter of motivation

5. Chapter 1 continued Plato’s Euthyphro The First Definition of Piety
The Second Definition of Piety
Is the pious holy because it is loved by the gods or is it loved by the gods because it is holy?

6. Chapter 1 continued Stevenson - The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms
How can ethical questions be made clear?
- The question of relevance
- The question of goodness
The Traditional Interest theories
- Ethical terms are instruments
- Emotive meaning and the dynamic use of words