Abstract:Preface. History of Ethics Time Line. Part I: ETHICAL THEORY. 1. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning. Plato, Euthyphro. 2. Relativism. Mary Midgley, Trying Out Ones New Sword. Friedrich Nietzsche, Master and...Preface. History of Ethics Time Line. Part I: ETHICAL THEORY. 1. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning. Plato, Euthyphro. 2. Relativism. Mary Midgley, Trying Out Ones New Sword. Friedrich Nietzsche, Master and Slave Moralities. 3. Egoism. Hobbes, Leviathan. Plato, Republic. 4. Utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism. 5. Kants Moral Theory. Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. 6. Natural Law and Natural Rights. Thomas Aquinas, Natural Law. John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government. 7. Virtue Ethics. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Philippa Foot, Virtues and Vices. Part II: ETHICAL ISSUES. 8. Euthanasia. J. Gay-Williams, The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia. James Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia. Carl B. Becker, Buddhist Views of Suicide. 9. Abortion. Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion. Don Marquis, Why Abortion is Immoral. 10. Sexual Morality. Thomas Nagel, Sexual Perversion. Richard D. Mohr, Gay Basics: Some Questions, Facts, and Values. D.P. Verene, Sexual Love and Moral Experience. 11. Pornography. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty. Ann Gary, Pornography and Respect for Women. 12. Equality & Discrimination. Robert Fullinwider, Affirmative Action and Fairness. Lisa Newton, Reverse Discrimination as Unjustified. 13. Economic Justice. John Rawls, A Theory of Justice. Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, & Utopia. 14. Legal Punishment & the Death Penalty. Anthony Amsterdam, Capital Punishment. Ernest Van Den Haag, The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense. Robert Johnson, This Man Has Expired. 15. Environmental Ethics. William F. Baxter, People or Penguins. Bill Devall and George Sessions, Deep Ecology. 16. Animal Rights. Peter Singer, All Animals are Equal. Bonnie Steinbock, Speciesism and the Idea of Equality. 17. Genetics and Human Cloning. Leon Kass, The Wisdom of Repugnance. Kerry Lynn Macintosh, Illegal Beings: Human Clones and the Law. 18. Terrorism, Violence, and War. Michael Walzer, The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success). Michael Ignatieff, The Lesser Evil, Political Ethics in an Age of Terror. 19. Global Issues. Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence, and Morality. Herman E. Daly, Globalization and Its Discontents. Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy. Appendix: How to Write an Ethics Paper.Read More
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-08-19
Language: en
Type: book
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