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Ethical Theory: An Anthology / Edition 2
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780470671603
- Pub. Date:
- 07/31/2012
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- Wiley
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Overview
- Brings together 82 classic and contemporary pieces by renowned philosophers, from seminal works by Hume and Kant to contemporary views by Derek Parfit, Susan Wolf, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and many more
- Features updates and the inclusion of a new section on feminist ethics, along with a general introduction and section introductions by Russ Shafer-Landau
- Guides readers through key areas in ethical theory including consequentialism, deontology, contractarianism, and virtue ethics
- Includes underrepresented topics such as moral knowledge, moral standing, moralresponsibility, and ethical particularism
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780470671603 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 07/31/2012 |
Series: | Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies , #17 |
Edition description: | 2nd Revised ed. |
Pages: | 816 |
Product dimensions: | 7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.50(d) |
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Table of Contents
Preface xiSource Acknowledgments xiii
Part I The Status of Morality 1
Introduction to Part I 3
1. “Of the Influencing Motives of the Will” and “Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason” 7 David Hume
2. A Critique of Ethics 16 A. J. Ayer
3. The Subjectivity of Values 22 J. L. Mackie
4. Ethics and Observation 31 Gilbert Harman
5. Moral Relativism Defended 35 Gilbert Harman
6. Cultural Relativism 44 Harry Gensler
7. The Subject-Matter of Ethics 48 G. E. Moore
8. Ethics as Philosophy: A Defense of Ethical Nonnaturalism 54 Russ Shafer-Landau
9. Realism 63 Michael Smith
Part II Moral Knowledge 69
Introduction to Part II 71
10. Thinking About Cases 74 Shelly Kagan
11. But I Could be Wrong 85 George Sher
12. Proof 94 Renford Bambrough
13. Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism 101 Robert Audi
14. Coherentism and the Justification of Moral Beliefs 112 Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
Part III Why Be Moral? 127
Introduction to Part III 129
15. The Immoralist’s Challenge 132 Plato
16. Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives 138 Philippa Foot
17. A Puzzle About the Rational Authority of Morality 144 David O. Brink
18. Moral Rationalism 159 Russ Shafer-Landau
19. Psychological Egoism 167 Joel Feinberg
20. Flourishing Egoism 178 Lester Hunt
21. Ethical Egoism 193 James Rachels
22. Moral Saints 200 Susan Wolf
Part IV Ethics and Religion 213
Introduction to Part IV 215
23. Euthyphro 218 Plato
24. A New Divine Command Theory 220 Robert Merrihew Adams
25. God and Objective Morality: A Debate 225 William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
26. God and Immortality as Postulates of Pure Practical Reason 230 Immanuel Kant
27. God and the Moral Order 234 C. Stephen Layman
28. God and Morality 242 Erik Wielenberg
Part V Value 253
Introduction to Part V 255
29. Hedonism 258 John Stuart Mill
30. The Experience Machine 264 Robert Nozick
31. The Good Life: A Defense of Attitudinal Hedonism 266 Fred Feldman
32. Rationality and Full Information 277 Thomas Carson
33. Desire and the Human Good 286 Richard Kraut
34. What Makes Someone’s Life Go Best 294 Derek Parfit
35. What Things are Good? 299 W. D. Ross
Part VI Moral Responsibility 303
Introduction to Part VI 305
36. Determinism and the Theory of Agency 308 Richard Taylor
37. The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility 312 Galen Strawson
38. Freedom and Necessity 317 A. J. Ayer
39. Moral Luck 322 Thomas Nagel
40. Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility 330 Susan Wolf
41. Freedom and Resentment 340 Peter Strawson
Part VII Moral Standing 353
Introduction to Part VII 355
42. We Have No Duties to Animals 359 Immanuel Kant
43. All Animals are Equal 361 Peter Singer
44. The Rights of Animals and Unborn Generations 372 Joel Feinberg
45. On Being Morally Considerable 381 Kenneth Goodpaster
46. Abortion and Infanticide 390 Michael Tooley
47. An Argument that Abortion is Wrong 400 Don Marquis
Part VIII Consequentialism 411
Introduction to Part VIII 413
48. Utilitarianism 417 John Stuart Mill
49. Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism 423 J. J. C. Smart
50. Rule-Consequentialism 428 Brad Hooker
51. Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality 441 Peter Railton
52. What is Wrong with Slavery 458 R. M. Hare
53. Famine, Affluence and Morality 466 Peter Singer
54. The Survival Lottery 474 John Harris
Part IX Deontology 479
Introduction to Part IX 481
55. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals 485 Immanuel Kant
56. Kant’s Formula of Universal Law 499 Christine Korsgaard
57. Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems 510 Onora O'Neill
58. The Rationality of Side Constraints 521 Robert Nozick
59. The Golden Rule Rationalized 524 Alan Gewirth
60. The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect 536 Philippa Foot
61. Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem 543 Judith Jarvis Thomson
Part X Contractarianism 553
Introduction to Part X 555
62. Leviathan 558 Thomas Hobbes
63. Why Contractarianism? 571 David Gauthier
64. A Theory of Justice 581 John Rawls
65. Contractualism and Utilitarianism 593 T. M. Scanlon
Part XI Virtue Ethics 609
Introduction to Part XI 611
66. The Nature of Virtue 615 Aristotle
67. Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach 630 Martha Nussbaum
68. Normative Virtue Ethics 645 Rosalind Hursthouse
69. Agent-Based Virtue Ethics 653 Michael Slote
70. A Virtue Ethical Account of Right Action 664 Christine Swanton
71. Being Virtuous and Doing the Right Thing 676 Julia Annas
Part XII Feminist Ethics 687
Introduction to Part XII 689
72. In a Different Voice 692 Carol Gilligan
73. An Ethic of Caring 699 Nell Noddings
74. Justice, Care, and Gender Bias 713 Cheshire Calhoun
75. The Need for More than Justice 721 Annette Baier
76. Sexism 729 Marilyn Frye
77. Feminist Skepticism, Authority, and Transparency 735 Margaret Urban Walker
Part XIII Prima Facie Duties and Particularism 751
Introduction to Part XIII 753
78. What Makes Right Acts Right? 756 W. D. Ross
79. An Unconnected Heap of Duties? 763 David McNaughton
80. An Unprincipled Morality 772 Jonathan Dancy
81. On Knowing the “Why”: Particularism and Moral Theory 776 Margaret Olivia Little
82. Unprincipled Ethics 785 Gerald Dworkin
What People are Saying About This
This is a rich, wide-ranging, and nicely accessible collection of many of moral philosophy’s greatest hits, updated to include an excellent new section in feminist ethics. A must-have for anyone interested in ethics.
Hilde Lindemann, Michigan State University
Praise for the First Edition:
This collection is a very welcome addition. It is remarkable for the breadth of issues discussed and the diversity of positions represented. Throughout, the selections have been chosen with a keen eye for excellence and accessibility. Taken together, they provide a vivid panorama of ethical theory today.
Peter Railton, University of Michigan
It is a wonderfully comprehensive collection that manages to bring together well-chosen papers on a number of significant areas in moral theory.
Geoff Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill