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A comprehensive and provocative collection of both classical and contemporary voices in perennial ethical debates, VICE AND VIRTUE has established itself as one of the truly outstanding anthologies for Introduction to Ethics Courses. In contradistinction to many other introduction to ethics books that focus on the application of moral theories to various institutionally based social dilemmas, VICE AND VIRTUE is unabashedly committed to the exploration of private, individual virtue and responsibility. This book provides both an overview of semin... MOREal ethical theories as well as many stimulating readings chosen to encourage students' own reflection on how these abstract theories impact decisions they face individually in their everyday lives.

Preface. Introduction. 1. GOOD AND EVIL. Phllip Hallie: From Cruelty to Goodness. Jonathan Bennett: The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn. Phillip Hallie: The Evil that Men Think--And Do. Martin Gansberg: 38 Who Saw Murder Didn''t Call Police. Josiah Royce: The Moral Insight. Herman Melville: Billy Budd. Friedrich Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil. 2. MORAL DOCTRINES AND MORAL THEORIES. The Judeo-Christian Tradition. Robert C. Mortimer: Morality is Based on God''s Commands. John Arthur: Why Morality Does Not Depend on Religion. David Hume: Of Benevolence. John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism. Bernard Williams: A Critique of Utilitarianism. Ursula Le Guin: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Why Not Murder? Immanuel Kant: Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative. Fred Sommers: The Holocaust and Moral Philosophy. James Rachels: Kant and the Categorical Imperative. 3. IS IT ALL RELATIVE? Herodotus: Morality as Custom. Ruth Benedict: A Defense of Moral Relativism. William Graham Sumner: A Defense of Cultural Relativism. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban: Cultural Relativism and Universal Rights. Jane Perlez: Uganda''s Women: Children, Drudgery, and Pain. Louis Pojman: Who''s to Judge? Thomas Nagel: The Objective Basis of Morality. R.M. MacIver: The Deep Beauty of the Golden Rule. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream. The United Nations Charter: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 4. VIRTUE. Aristotle: Happiness and the Virtues. Saint Augustine: Of the Morals of the Catholic Church. Bernard Mayo: Virtue or Duty? Alasdair MacIntyre: Tradition and the Virtues. James Rachels: The Ethics of Virtue. Adam Smith: Of Justice and Beneficence. Charles Darwin: The Origin of the Moral Sense. Christina Sommers: Filial Morality. 5. VICE. Plutarch: Vice. Saint Augustine: The Depths of Vice. Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Dante Alighieri: The Hypocrites. Samuel Johnson: Self-Deception. Bishop Butler: Upon Self-Deceit. Immanuel Kant: Jealousy, Envy, and Spite. 6. MORALITY AND SELF-INTEREST. Plato: The Ring of Gyges. Thomas Hobbes: Of the State of Men without Civil Society. David Hume: Of Self-Love. Harry Browne: The Unselfishness Trap. James Rachels: Egoism and Moral Skepticism. Ayn Rand: The Virtue of Selfishness. Louis Pojman: Egoism, Self-Interest, and Altruism. Colin McGinn: Why Not Be a Bad Person? Peter Singer: Why Act Morally? 7. CHARACTER, DIGNITY, AND SELF-RESPECT. Epictetus: The Art of Living. Vice Admiral James Stockdale: The World of Epictetus. Nancy Sherman: Educating the Stoic Warrior. Immanuel Kant: Dignity and Self-Respect. Joan Didion: On Self-Respect. John Stuart Mill: A Crisis in My Mental Life. Anthony Quinton: Character and Culture. 8. MORAL EDUCATION. Aristotle: Habit and Virtue. Laurence Kohlberg: The Child as Moral Philosopher. George Sher and William J. Bennett: Moral Education and Indoctrination. Carol Gilligan: In a Different Voice. George Sher: Other Voices, Other Rooms? Women''s Psychology and Moral Theory. Sidney B. Simon, Leland W. Howe, and Howard Kirschenbaum: The Values Clarification Approach. Charles Sykes: The ''Values'' Wasteland. Christina Sommers: How Moral Education is Finding its Way Back into America''s Schools". 9. MORALITY AND SOCIAL POLICY. Peter Singer: Famine, Affluence, and Morality. John Arthur: World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case Against Singer. Garrett Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor. William W. Murdoch and Allan Oaten: Population and Food: Metaphors and the Reality. Gerald O''Driscoll, Kim Holmes, and Melanie Kirkpatrick: Unfree, Hence Poor. Leon Kass: The Wisdom of Repugnance: The Case Against Human Cloning. Ranaan Gillon: Human Reproductive Cloning: A Look at the Arguments Against It and A Rejection of Most of Them. Cass R. Sunstein: The Constitution and the Clone. James Rachels: A Moral Defense of Vegetarianism. Aldo Leopold: The Land Ethic. Dennis Prager: Is God in Trees? Gregg Easterbrook: The Case Against Nature. 10. THE MEAN

Preface

Introduction

1 Good and Evil

(59)

Philip Hallie / From Cruelty to Goodness

(12)

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Jonathan Bennett / The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn

(11)

Philip Hallie / The Evil That Men Think-And Do

(9)

Martin Gansberg / Thirty-eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call Police

(3)

Josiah Royce / The Moral Insight

(3)

Herman Melville / Billy Budd

(9)

Friedrich Nietzsche / Beyond Good and Evil

(9)

2 Moral Doctrines and Moral Theories

(96)

The Judeo-Christian Tradition

(14)

Robert C. Mortimer / Morality Is Based on God's Commands

(4)

John Arthur / Why Morality Does Not Depend on Religion

(8)

David Hume / Of Benevolence

(4)

John Stuart Mill / Utilitarianism

(5)

Bernard Williams / A Critique of Utilitarianism

(7)

Ursula K. Le Gumn / The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

105

(5)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky / Why Not Murder?

110

(19)

Immanuel Kant / Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative

129

(10)

James Rachels / Kant and the Categorical Imperative

139

(11)

Fred Sommers / The Holocaust and Moral Philosophy

150

(6)

3 Is It All Relative?

156

(53)

Herodotus / Morality As Custom

158

(1)

Ruth Benedict / A Defense of Moral Relativism

159

(7)

William Graham Sumner / A Defense of Cultural Relativism

166

(5)

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban / Cultural Relativism and Universal Rights

171

(4)

Jane Perlez / Uganda's Women: Children, Drudgery, and Pain

175

(4)

Louis Pojman / Who's to Judge?

179

(11)

Thomas Nagel / The Objective Basis of Morality

190

(4)

R.M. MacIver / The Deep Beauty of the Golden Rule

194

(4)

Martin Luther King Jr. / I Have a Dream

198

(4)

The United Nations Charter: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

202

(7)

4 Virtue

209

(68)

Aristotle / Happiness and the Virtues

211

(12)

Saint Augustine / Of the Morals of the Catholic Church

223

(4)

Bernard Mayo / Virtue or Duty?

227

(5)

Alasdair MacIntyre / Tradition and the Virtues

232

(9)

James Rachels / The Ethics of Virtue

241

(15)

Adam Smith / Of Justice and Beneficence

256

(7)

Charles Darwin / The Origin of the Moral Sense

263

(5)

Christina Hoff Sommers / Filial Morality

268

(9)

5 Vice

277

(32)

Plutarch / Vice

280

(3)

Saint Augustine / The Depths of Vice

283

(4)

Jonathan Edwards / Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

287

(3)

Dante Alighieri / The Hypocrites

290

(4)

Samuel Johnson / Self-Deception

294

(3)

Joseph Butler / Upon Self-Deceit

297

(5)

Immanuel Kant / Jealousy, Envy, and Spite

302

(7)

6 Morality and Self-Interest

309

(57)

Plato / The Ring of Gyges

311

(4)

Thomas Hobbes / Of the State of Men without Civil Society

315

(6)

David Hume / Of Self-Love

321

(5)

Harry Browne / The Unselfishness Trap

326

(6)

James Rachels / Egoism and Moral Skepticism

332

(10)

Ayn Rand / The Virtue of Selfishness

342

(3)

Louis Pojman / Egoism, Self-Interest, and Altruism

345

(4)

Colin McGinn / Why Not Be a Bad Person?

349

(10)

Peter Singer / Why Act Morally?

359

(7)

7 Character, Dignity, and Self-Respect

366

(53)

Epictetus / The Art of Living

368

(5)

James Stockdale / The World of Epictetus

373

(12)

Nancy Sherman / Educating the Stoic Warrior

385

(8)

Immanuel Kant / Dignity and Self-Respect

393

(7)

Joan Diction / On Self-Respect

400

(4)

John Stuart Mill / A Crisis in My Mental Life

404

(6)

Anthony Quinton / Character and Culture

410

(9)

8 Moral Education

419

(91)

Aristotle / Habit and Virtue

421

(7)

Lawrence Kohlberg / The Child As a Moral Philosopher

428

(18)

George Sher and William J. Bennett / Moral Education and Indoctrination

446

(12)

Carol Gilligan / In a Different Voice

458

(11)

George Sher / Other Voices, Other Rooms? Women's Psychology and Moral Theory

469

(12)

Sidney B. Simon, Leland W. Howe, and Howard Kirschenbaum / The Values Clarification Approach

481

(6)

Charles Sykes / The "Values" Wasteland

487

(9)

Christina Hoff Sommers / How Moral Education Is Finding Its Way Back into America's Schools

496

(14)

9 Morality and Social Policy

510

(109)

Peter Singer / Famine, Affluence, and Morality

512

(8)

John Arthur / World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case against Singer

520

(6)

Garrett Hardin / Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor

526

(9)

William W. Murdoch and Allan Oaten / Population and Food: Metaphors and the Reality

535

(9)

Gerald O'Driscoll, Kim Holmes, and Melanie Kirkpatrick / Unfree, Hence Poor

544

(6)

Leon Kass / The Wisdom of Repugnance: The Case against Human Cloning

550

(14)

Raanan Gillon / Human Reproductive Cloning: A Look at the Arguments against It and a Rejection of Most of Them

564

(18)

Cass R. Sunstein / The Constitution and the Clone

582

(9)

James Rachels / A Moral Defense of Vegetarianism

591

(7)

Aldo Leopold / The Land Ethic

598

(8)

Dennis Prager / Is God in Trees?

606

(4)

Gregg Easterbrook / The Case against Nature

610

(9)

10 The Meaning of Life

619

T'ao Chien / Substance, Shadow, and Spirit

622

(3)

The Bhagavad Gita

625

(6)

Leo Tolstoy / My Confession

631

(9)

Bertrand Russell / A Free Man's Worship

640

(7)

Albert Camus / The Myth of Sisyphus

647

(4)

Thomas Nagel / The Meaning of Life

651

(4)

Joel Feinberg / Absurd Self-Fulfillment

655

(3)

The Book of Job

658

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