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Anthology of classic readings organized according to four major ethical traditions-the Greeks, the Bible, moral law, and utiliarianism. Can be used alone or in conjunction with the "Ethics in America" television course. Uses case studies to examine ethical conflicts in law, medicine, business, the military, journalism, government, and personal life. Correlated to the ethics in America reader. See listing under "anthology" section.

Preface

vii

Introduction

1

(6)

Ancient Greece

7

(58)

Thucydides

8

(3)

The Peloponnesian War

8

(3)

Plato

11

(32)

The Apology

11

(3)

Crito

14

(4)

The Republic

18

(25)

Aristotle

43

(22)

The Nicomachean Ethics

44

(17)

Politics

61

(4)

Biblical Tradition

65

(26)

The Law

67

(10)

Genesis

67

(4)

Exodus

71

(2)

Leviticus

73

(2)

Deuteronomy

75

(2)

The Prophets

77

(4)

Amos

77

(2)

Micah

79

(2)

The Gospels

81

(7)

Matthew

81

(5)

Luke

86

(1)

John

87

(1)

The Acts

88

(1)

The Epistle to the Corinthians (I)

89

(2)

Moral Law

91

(64)

Epictetus

92

(3)

Moral Discourses

93

(2)

Thomas Aquinas

95

(8)

Summa Theologica

97

(6)

Thomas Hobbes

103

(7)

Leviathan

104

(6)

John Locke

110

(13)

Treatise of Government, II (Civil)

110

(13)

Thomas Jefferson

123

(3)

The Declaration of Independence

124

(1)

An Act Establishing Religious Freedom

125

(1)

Immanuel Kant

126

(12)

Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals

127

(11)

Joseph Royce

138

(7)

Philosophy of Loyalty

139

(6)

John Rawls

145

(6)

A Theory of Justice

146

(5)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

151

(4)

``A Letter from a Birmingham Jail''

152

(3)

Utilitarianism

155

(36)

Epicurus

156

(2)

The Extant Remains

157

(1)

Jeremy Bentham

158

(8)

Principles of Morals and Legislation

158

(8)

John Stuart Mill

166

(25)

Utilitarianism

166

(16)

On Liberty

182

(9)

Epilogue

191

(6)

Suggestions For Further Reading

197

(2)

Acknowledgments

199

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