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FULL AUDIOBOOK EDITION NOW AVAILABLE AT YOUTUBE Hi, I’m Matt Deaton, aka Professor Matt. You may know me from YouTube hits including “Sandel’s Justice Chapter 2: Utilitarianism” (recorded in front of the White House) or “Ethics in a Nutshell Chapter 5: The Four Dominant Ethical Theories” (recorded floating down a river) or possibly from EthicsBowl.org. Thanks for checking out my concise and more laid back than most ethics intro. As you may already know, philosophical ethics can be confusing, boring, and stuffier than it needs to be. Let’s fix that. Check out YouTube.com/MattDeatonPhD to preview my style and see complementary videos for every chapter. If I’m too laid back for your tastes, no worries – more complicated ethics intros abound. But if I’m resonating, here are some of the questions Ethics in a Nutshell answers. What’s philosophy? The reason-based attempt to answer life’s big non-empirical questions. What’s ethics? The reason-based attempt to answer questions about what we morally ought to do. What are philosophers (including ethicists) like? Spock. Yes, the one from Star Trek with the pointy ears. Devoted to the rational pursuit of truth, but humble, and willing to change his mind when given good reason (and with great hair) – Spock would have made a fine philosopher. Love him. Can philosophical ethics and religion peacefully coexist? Of course! Your uncle or pastor may have told you different. But surely a creator would want us to use these big brains to think through all sorts of questions, including questions about what we morally ought to do. Some even use philosophical ethics to inform their religious moral reasoning, and vice versa. However, I present ethics as a supplement, not a replacement – feel free to incorporate only what makes sense, and to segregate the philosopher’s approach from your own if you like. Doesn’t the law tell us what our ethics should be? Please no. Consider laws legitimizing the sale of human beings or forbidding women from voting. Even when you could legally buy people, this didn’t make the practice moral. Even when women were legally banned from voting, this didn’t make the practice immoral. Will you pretty please with sugar on top simplify the four dominant ethical theories? Yes! Utilitarianism mandates that we maximize net pleasure (for everyone impacted by a decision, not just ourselves – sorry, it’s not selfish hedonism). Kantianism: only do stuff you could rationally endorse everyone else doing, and treat persons with respect (and never as mere tools). Feminist Care Ethics: prioritize the interests of loved ones. Virtue Ethics: practice the virtues (bravery, patience) and avoid the vices (cowardice, The Masked Singer).How do moral arguments by analogy work? By comparing two relevantly similar cases and applying similar moral logic to both. “Hey, case A is about personal freedom, and so is case B. So let’s treat case B the same way we treat case A. Duh.”There’s more, but that’s enough for now. Don’t forget about the lecture vids (making new ones for chapters 1-4 this year, 2020). There are also various teaching resources at EthicsinaNutshell.org (sample essay and exam questions, editable syllabi for high school and college classes). And feel free to shoot me questions – either via the public “Ask Matt” interface at EthicsinaNutshell.org or the private contact form at MattDeaton.com.

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🗸 Author(s): Matt Deaton
🗸 Title: Ethics in a Nutshell: The Philosopher's Approach to Morality in 100 Pages
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