A companion to ethics
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A companion to ethics
（Blackwell companions to philosophy）
Blackwell Reference, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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No-one can avoid an involvement in ethics. Everything that we do, or do not do, is a possible subject of ethical evaluation. Peter Singer's volume, in 47 long entries, contributed by some of today's most distinguished philosophers, surveys the whole field of ethics from the origins of the subject, through the great ethical traditions to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues and the nature of ethics itself. Unlike other volumes in the series, this book is not alphabetically organized, but follows a broadly chronological systematic plan, which provides a readily comprehensible context for each entry in the overall coverage of the subject. The volume provides reference mechanisms for those coming afresh to the subject, as well as a guide to those more experienced in the discipline to the particular coverage offered by this "Companion".
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Peter Singer. Part 1 The roots: the origins of ethics
- ethics in small-scale societies
- ancient ethics
- (Mary Midgley, George Silberbauer, Gerald A.Larue). Part 2 The great ethical traditions: Indian ethics
- Buddhist ethics
- classical Chinese ethics
- Jewish ethics
- Christian ethics
- Islamic ethics
- (Purusottama Bilimoria, et al). Part 3 Western philosophical ethics: a short history - ethics in Ancient Greece
- medieval & Renaissance ethics
- modern Western ethics
- (Christopher Rowe, John Haldane, J.B.Schneewind). Part 4 How ought I to live?: natural law
- Kantian ethics
- the social contract tradition
- egoism
- contemporary deontology
- an ethic of Prima Facie duties
- consequentialism
- utility and the good
- virtue theory
- rights
- (Stephen Buckle, et al). Part 5 Applications: world poverty
- environmental ethics
- euthanasia
- abortion
- sex
- personal relationships
- equality
- discrimination and preferential treatment
- animals
- business ethics
- crime and punishment
- politics and the problem of dirty hands
- war and peace
- (Nigel Dower, et al). Part 6 The nature of ethics: realism
- intuitionism
- naturalism
- subjectivism
- relativism
- universal prescriptivism
- morality and pyschological development
- method and moral theory
- (Michael Smith, et al). Part 7 Challenge and critique: the idea of a female ethic
- the significance of evolution
- Marx against morality
- does ethics depend on religion?
- the implications of determinism
- (Jean Grimshaw, et al).
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