Ethical
CanonsNeque bonum est, neque malum, est,
solum potentia ... Lord Voldemort
Of what use is a philosopher who
doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
Diogenes Laertius (412-323 BCE)
| PART I | ETHICAL CANONS CONCERNING WAR | |
| Chapter 1 | About Ethical Canons and War | |
| Chapter 2 | Decisions Precipitating War | |
| Chapter 3 | Human Sacrifice | |
| Chapter 4 | Amiriyah Shelter | |
| PART II | ETHICAL CANONS CONCERNING EQUALITY | |
| Chapter 5 | Slavery | |
| Chapter 6 | Arens' Atrocity Attribution Theory | |
| Chapter 7 | Genocide of Native Americans | |
| Chapter 8 | Intermarriage | |
| PART III | ETHICAL CANONS CONCERNING JUSTICE | |
| Chapter 9 | Incarceration | |
| Chapter 10 | Reemergence of Torture | |
| Chapter 11 | Witchcraft Trials | |
| Chapter 12 | Trials of Heretics | |
| PART IV | ETHICAL CANONS CONCERNING RELIGION | |
| Chapter 13 | The New and Old Testaments | |
| Chapter 14 | Transplanted Mentality | |
| Chapter 15 | God and His Messengers | |
| PART V | ETHICAL CANONS CONCERNING EMPATHY | |
| Chapter 16 | Karla Tucker and George W. Bush | |
| Chapter 17 | A Girl with the Almond Eyes | |
| Chapter 18 | Beyond Partiality: Building a World of Laughter and Love |
Ethical
Canons
Neque bonum est, neque malum, est,
solum potentia ... Lord Voldemort
Most books on ethics are very different from this one. We do not try to postulate a closed system of rules and social precepts, but try to open ethical concerns to quantitative analysis and empirical scrutiny.