Right and Wrong: How to decide for yourself, make wiser moral choices and build a better societyHow can you be sure you're doing the right thing? Can some actions be legally right, yet morally wrong? What are the rights and wrongs of leaving a relationship? Are the rules different for sex? Is it always wrong to tell a lie? Why be good? |
Contents
Title Page Also by Hugh Mackay Dedication Epigraph Prologue The moral minefields of power and wealth Introduction | |
Part one Taking control of your life | |
Freedom to choose | |
Can there be more than one right answer? | |
Where do our values spring from? | |
Linking morality and religion | |
So why be good? | |
Guilt shame and forgiveness | |
Part two Putting moral mindfulness to work | |
Does the end ever justify the means? | |
Are the rules different for sex? | |
The rights and wrongs of leaving a relationship | |
Is tolerance an overrated virtue? | |
Is lying always wrong? | |
Business ethics or business ethics? | |
The pursuit of happiness | |
Pathway to moral clarity | |
The only life you can control is your | |
Should the state authorise the killing of its own citizens? | |
Should we ever go to war? | |
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Right and Wrong: How to decide for yourself, make wiser moral choices and ... Hugh Mackay No preview available - 2011 |