The Good Life An Introduction to Ethics

The book offers a historical-systematic overview of the most important concepts of ethics, each of which is presented using three to four exemplary main representatives. Central quotations allow textual access to the respective position, which is explained compactly and clearly. With the title “The Good Life” the author points to the anthropological basis of all ethics. The book is interdisciplinary in nature, incorporating philosophical approaches as well as those from the fields of theology, biology, psychology, sociology, and politics. For the 2nd edition, the book will be expanded to include the chapter “Education - Pedagogical Ethics” and a chapter on universal human rights.

I. Ancient ethics of happiness.- II. Faith and reason: Philosophical-theological ethics.- III. Moral feeling - Ethics and metaethics.- IV. Practical reason - The ethics of duty.- V. Happiness and utility - Utilitarianism.- VI. Ethics of values.- VII. The development of morality - Genetic concepts of ethics.- VIII. Education and formation - Pedagogical ethics.- IX. Concepts of radical moral criticism.- X. Between ideology and reason - on political ethics.- XI. Responsibility and discourse ethics.- XII. Ethics and universal human rights.