From the Book - First edition.
Part one. Confronting the unreliable provenance of morals.
1. Wherein I begin with the definition of the word
2. According to a convicted murderer, it has to do with character
3. A neuroscientist explains the evolutionary origins of morality
4. A brief history of mankind's attempts to rein in bad behavior
Part two. Morality's scorecard
5. The editor of the "Financial Times" provides a cost-benefit analysis of principles
6. Instructions on how not to cheat
7. Pros and cons of doing the right thing
8. The law: tools of control, or instruments of enlightenment?
9. The political function of ethics
Part three. Sex as moral provocateur
10. Monogamy (not so much anymore)
11. The screen as a siren
12. Testosterone: morality's enemy, as well as its hero
13. Immoral women: or just those having a better time?
Part four. Taking the bother out of morality
14. Celebrities as standard-bearers
16. The web wonders what's so great about the truth
17. Ethically sanitized warfare
18. Immorality's black sun
Part five. The future, or something like it
19. The moral vagaries of making babies
20. Mapping a post-gay culture
21. Is it progress if we barter with ethics?
22. Programming morality in robots (they'll show us how)
23. So who, exactly, gets to set the new rules?
24. Wherein I conclude by looking forward.