This book, like in classical times of Plato and Aristotle, treats individual and communal ethics as intertwined. At its heart lies the quartet of respect, concern for welfare of others, trust, and care as the basic communal ties. The community needs to be built on these. Acquisition and practice of other values and goods are within the frame of the four underlying "pillars." The four basic notions are attitudes and as such consist of both rational and emotional elements. Thus our ethics is neither based purely on sentiment nor purely on reason. As such they will yield us guidelines, to be filled in contextually, not rigid rule systems. Moravcsik's proposal for ethics is pluralistic but not relativistic. It does not deny some objective ground for sound communal life, but leaves many alternatives within which the four basic ties can be implemented.
- cover
- front matter
- title page
- copyright page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS IN THE LIGHT OF TODAY’S PROBLEMS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I. THE ETHICS OF IDEALS
- Chapter I: THE OUTLINE OF THE ETHICS OF IDEALS
- 1. Planning
- 2. Aims and Aim Setting
- 3. Agency
- 4. Relating Aim and Character in the Person with a Good Ideal
- 5. Criteria of Evaluation
- 6. Emotion
- 7. Ends and Aims
- Chapter II: IDEALS AND ATTITUDES
- 1. What are Attitudes?
- 2. Types of Attitudes and Their Role in Ethics
- 3. Criteria of Assessment for Attitudes
- 4. Role Modeling: Learning Theory for E.I.
- Chapter III INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL–POLITICAL ETHICS INTERTWINED
- 1. Empirical Interdependencies
- 2. Conceptual Dependencies
- 3. Bringing About Adequate Intertwining
- PART II. COMMUNAL TIES IN A VALUE-BASED COMMUNITY
- INTRODUCTION TO PART II
- 1. Communal Dynamics and Political Structures
- 2. What is to be Done?
- Chapter IV DEVELOPING ADEQUATE COMMUNAL TIES
- 1. Definition of the Value-based Community
- 2. Definition of a Communal Tie
- 3. Criteria of Evaluation for Communal Ties
- 4. Proposed Adequate Communal Tie
- Chapter V FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, AND WORK IN COMMUNAL LIFE
- 1. Metaphysical Considerations of Freedom and Responsibility
- 2. Freedom
- 3. Responsibility
- 4. Political Units
- 5. Work in a Good Community
- Chapter VI THE ROOTS OF JUSTICE: SHARING AND GOOD TIES
- 1. Fairness: to whom? On what basis?
- 2. Sharing
- 3. Expanding Sharing
- 4. Justice Based on Appropriate Sharing and Sound Communal Ties
- Appendix to Chapter VI. Communities and Outsiders
- EPILOGUE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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