vi, 177 pages : illustrations, black and white.

Content: Unit I: Ethical dimension of human existence -- Lesson 1. Brotherhood or violence? -- Lesson 2. Valuation -- Lesson 3. Thinking of ethics -- Lesson 4. Sources of authority -- Lesson 5. Senses of the self -- Unit II: Utilitarianism -- Lesson 1. The common good -- Lesson. Principle of utility -- Lesson 3. Principle of the greatest number -- Lesson 4. Justice and rights -- Unit III: Natural law -- Lesson 1. The LGBTQ+ question -- Lesson 2. St. Thomas Aquinas and the Christian context -- Lesson 3. The Greek heritage -- Lesson 4. The essence and varieties of law -- Lesson 5. Natural law -- Unit IV: Deontology -- Lesson 1. On moral convictions -- Lesson 2. Duty and agency -- Lesson 3. Autonomy -- Lesson 4. Universalizability -- Lesson 5. Enlightenment morality -- Unit V: Virtue ethics -- Lesson 1. Preliminary: A case on the effects of TV violence on children -- Lesson 2. Aristotle: Happiness as the ultimate purpose of man -- Lesson 3. The highest end and good is achieved by doing one's function well -- Lesson 4. Moral virtue -- Lesson 5. Moral virtue is the middle in between vices -- Unit VI: Synthesis: Making informed decisions -- Lesson 1. Introduction: What is a class in ethics for? -- Lesson 2. The moral agent and its contexts -- Lesson 3. The role of moral development and the role of ethical frameworks -- Lesson 5. self, society, and environment. 

Includes index and bibliographical references.