Ethics : History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues
ISBN: 9780195335965 | 0195335961
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 10/13/2008
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The most comprehensive collection of its kind, Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues, Fourth Edition, is essentially three books in one. Its sixty-seven selections are organized into three parts, providing instructors with great flexibility in designing and teaching a variety of courses in moral philosophy. Spanning 2,500 years of ethical theory, the first part, Historical Sources, ranges from ancient Greece tothe twentieth century. It moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus) through medieval views (Au... MORE
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Historical SourcesAlasdair MacIntyre: Introduction | |
| Defence of SocratesCritoPhaedo (115d-118)Republic (selections) | |
| Ethics (selections) | |
| to MenoeceusLeading Doctrines | |
| EpictetusEnchiridion | |
| AugustineEnchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Love (selections) | |
| Thomas AquinasSumma Contra Gentiles (selections) | ... MORE |
| Thomas HobbesLeviathan (selections) | |
| Joseph ButlerFifteen Sermons (selections) 9 David Hume | |
| A Treatise of Human Nature (selections)An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (selections) | |
| Immanuel KantGroundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals | |
| Jeremy BenthamAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (selections) | |
| John Stuart MillUtilitarianism | |
| Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals (selections) | |
| The Myth of Sisyphus (selections) | |
| Existentialism Is a Humanism | |
| Modern Ethical TheoryJames Rachels: Introduction | |
| Principia Ethica (selections) | |
| Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake? | |
| The Right and the Good (selections) | |
| Language, Truth, and Logic (selections) | |
| The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms | |
| Freedom and Reason (selections) | |
| The Point of View of Morality | |
| Modern Moral Philosophy | |
| Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong | |
| A Theory of Justice (selections) | |
| Why Contractarianism? | |
| Psychological Egoism | |
| Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives | |
| Consistency in Action | |
| Moral Dilemmas and Consistency | |
| Some Merits of One Form of Rule Utilitarianism | |
| A Critique of Utilitarianism | |
| The Nature and Value of Rights | |
| The Nature of Morality (selections) | |
| Moral Explanations | |
| Moral Judgment and the Acceptance of Norms | |
| Values and Secondary Qualities | |
| Skepticism about Practical Reason | |
| The Challenge of Cultural Relativism | |
| Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach | |
| Reason, Gender, and Moral Theory | |
| Moral Saints | |
| Moral Luck | |
| Contemporary Moral ProblemsPeter Singer: Introduction | |
| A Defense of Abortion | |
| On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion | |
| An Argument that Abortion is Wrong | |
| Virtue Theory and Abortion | |
| Active and Passive Euthanasia | |
| Killing and Letting Die | |
| Famine, Affluence, and Morality | |
| Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral Code | |
| The Case for Animal Rights | |
| The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research | |
| Philosophical Problems for Environmentalism | |
| Torture | |
| Ticking Bombs, Torture, and the Analogy with Self-Defense | |
| Should the Numbers Count? | |
| Innumerate Ethics | |
| The Trolley Problem | |
| Death | |
| The Meaning of Life | |
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