Ethics : history, theory, and contemporary issues / edited by Steven M. Cahn, Peter Markie.

Contributor Cahn, Steven M.

Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Descriptionvi, 887 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Euthyphro / Plato. - Apology / Plato. - Crito / Plato. - Phaedo (114d-118) / Plato. - Republic (selections) / Plato. - Nicomachean Ethics (selections) / Aristotle. - Letter to Menoeceus / Epicurus. - Leading Doctrines / Epicurus. - Enchiridion / Epictetus. - Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Love (selections) / Saint Augustine. - Summa Contra Gentiles (selections) / Saint Thomas Aquinas. - Leviathan (selections) / Thomas Hobbes. - Fifteen Sermons (selections) / Joseph Butler. - An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (selections) / David Hume. - Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals / Immanuel Kant. - An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (selections) / Jeremy Bentham. - Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill. - Fear and Trembling (Problem I & II) / Soren Kierkegaard. - On the Sufferings of the World / Arthur Schopenhauer. - Beyond Good and Evil (selections) / Friedrich Nietzsche. - On the Genealogy of Morals (selections) / Friedrich Nietzsche. - The Twilight of the Idols (selections) / Friedrich Nietzsche. - The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life / William James. - The Quest for Certainty (selections) / John Dewey. - The Myth of Sisyphus / Albert Camus. - Existentialism Is a Humanism / Jean-Paul Sartre. - Principia Ethica (selections) / G. E. Moore. - The Right and The Good (selections) / W. D. Ross. - The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms / C. L. Stevenson. - Freedom and Reason (selections) / R. M. Hare. - The Point of View of Morality / Kurt Baier. - The Nature of Morality (selections) / Gilbert Harman. - The Challenge of Cultural Relativism / James Rachels. - Psychological Egoism / Joel Feinberg. - A Critique of Utilitarianism / Bernard Williams. - Some Merits of One Form of Rule Utilitarianism / Richard B. Brandt. - The Nature and Value of Rights / Joel Feinberg. - Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives / Philippa Foot. - A Theory of Justice (selections) / John Rawls. - Why Contractarianism? / David Gauthier. - After Virtue (selections) / Alasdair MacIntyre. - The Ethics of Virtue / James Rachels. - Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory / Virginia Held. - Saints and Heroes / J. O. Urmson. - Moral Saints / Susan Wolf. - Moral Luck / Thomas Nagel. - A Defense of Abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson. - Abortion and Infanticide / Michael Tooley. - Abortion, Distant Peoples, and Future Generations / James Sterba. - Active and Passive Euthanasia / James Rachels. - Euthanasia / Philippa Foot. - Famine, Affluence, and Morality / Peter Singer. - Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral Code / John Arthur. - The Case for Animal Rights / Tom Regan. - The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research / Carl Cohen. - In Defense of the Death Penalty / Ernest van den Haag. - An Eye for an Eye: The Morality of Punishing by Death (selections) / Stephen Nathanson. - The Message of Affirmative Action / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. - The Injustice of Affirmative Action Involving Preferential Treatment / John Kekes.

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