Preface -- Chapter One: Introduction -- A Moral Dilemma -- Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Inquiry -- Outline -- Chapter Two: Preliminary Questions, Distinctions, and Definitions -- Why Be Good? -- Ethics vs. Morals -- Ethics vs. Meta-Ethics -- Reasonable and Rational -- "Ought to Do" and "Ought to Be" Norms -- Reduction vs. Explication -- Where Do We Begin? -- The Role of Intuitions -- The Moral Being -- Chapter Three: Moral Dilemmas -- Introduction -- What is Not a Moral Dilemma -- Pedestrian Dilemmas -- Theoretical Dilemmas -- Critical Dilemmas -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four: The Use and Purpose of Moral Dilemmas -- Pedestrian Dilemmas -- Theoretical Dilemmas -- Critical Dilemmas -- What is Sought in Response to Moral Dilemmas -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five: Attempts to Find Moral Grounding -- Introduction -- Criteria for a Successful Grounding -- Theological Approaches -- Consequentialist Approaches -- Deontological Approaches -- Virtue-Based Approaches -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six: Identity as Grounding -- The General Problem -- The Identity Approach -- How Identity Deals with the General Problem -- What the Approach Offers -- Conclusion -- Review of the Argument So Far -- Chapter Seven: An Explication of Identity -- Introduction -- Identity as a Web of Roles -- Familial Roles -- Political Roles -- Intellectual Roles -- Social Roles -- Communal Roles -- Cultural Roles -- Affinity Roles -- Professional Roles -- Aesthetic Roles -- Religious Roles -- Philosophical Roles -- Natural Roles -- A Comparison: Kant and Identity -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eight: General Points Regarding Roles -- Roles are Both Factual and Normative -- The Content of a Role Has Various Sources -- Roles are Acquired by Being, Accident, and Choice -- Roles are Particularized -- Roles Form a System, Not a Conglomeration -- Roles are Hierarchical -- Roles Shape Other Roles.

Roles are Overlapping -- Roles are Contextual -- Roles are Fluid in Shape and Existence -- Roles are Often Defeasible, But Some Roles Cannot Truly Be Abandoned -- Acting Against a Role Can be a Form of Bad Faith -- Roles and Rights -- Roles and Universal Norms -- A Comparison with Ancient Ethics -- Conclusion: Identity Again -- Chapter Nine: The Identity Approach in Practice -- Lawyers and Legal Ethics -- Civil: Defendants' Attorneys -- Criminal: Representing the Guilty -- Criminal: Constitutional Violations and Technicalities -- Criminal: Plea Bargaining -- Business Ethics -- Political and Other Leadership -- Unjust or Immoral Laws and Orders -- Solidarity -- Cosmopolitanism -- Addiction and Recovery -- Conclusion: Complex Identity and the Integration of the Self -- Chapter Ten: Moral Dilemmas Reconsidered -- Introduction -- Pedestrian Dilemmas -- Theoretical Dilemmas -- Critical Dilemmas -- The Treatment Reviewed -- Chapter Eleven: Between Insulation and Imperialism -- Introduction -- The Challenge -- The Fluidity of Identity -- The Essential Self-Conscious Self -- The Amoral -- Avoiding Ethical Imperialism -- Threading the Needle -- A Note on Ethical Thought and Reflection -- Conclusion -- Chapter Twelve: Concluding Reflections -- Summary -- The Lessons of Moral Dilemmas -- The Larger Project and Approach to Ethics -- Tolerance and Respect -- Moral Imperfection -- Ethics and Authenticity -- Moral Angst -- The Moral Self: Beyond the Ghost and the Machine -- Understanding Our Moral Condition: The Contours of Moral Space -- Bibliography -- Index.