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Ethics : history, theory, and contemporary issues

edited by Steven M. Cahn, Peter Markie

Oxford University Press, 2009

4th ed

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Gakushuin University Library哲学

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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 to the twentieth century. It moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus) through medieval views (Augustine and Aquinas) to modern theories (Hobbes, Butler, Hume, Kant, Bentham, and Mill), culminating with leading nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers (Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre). The second part, Modern Ethical Theory, includes many of the most important essays of the past century. The discussion of utilitarianism, Kantianism, egoism, and relativism continues in the work of major contemporary philosophers (Foot, Brandt, Williams, Wolf, and Nagel). Landmark selections (Moore, Prichard, Ross, Ayer, Stevenson, Hare, Baier, Anscombe, Mackie, Gauthier, and Harman) reflect concern with moral language and the justification of morality.The concepts of justice (Rawls) and rights (Feinberg) are explored, as well as recent views on cultural relativism (Rachels) and an ethic influenced by feminist concerns (Held). In the third part, Contemporary Moral Problems, the readings present the current debates over abortion, euthanasia, famine relief, animal rights, and--for the first time in this edition--environmentalism and the use of torture in interrogations. Part III concludes with two new essays on death and the meaning of life. Wherever possible, each reading is printed in its entirety. Part I of this fourth edition features extended selections from all three essays of Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals (with explanatory notes) and additional materials from Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature. Part II contains new essays by John McDowell and Christine Korsgaard, while Part III offers new readings from Elliott Sober, Henry Shue, Daniel J. Hill, Thomas Nagel, and Richard Taylor.

Table of Contents

*=NEW TO THIS EDITION
I. HISTORICAL SOURCES
Introduction, Alasdair MacIntyre
1. PLATO
2. ARISTOTLE
3. EPICURUS
4. EPICTETUS
5. AUGUSTINE
6. THOMAS AQUINAS
7. THOMAS HOBBES
8. JOSEPH BUTLER
9. DAVID HUME
(SELECTIONS)
10. IMMANUEL KANT
11. JEREMY BENTHAM
LEGISLATION (SELECTIONS)
12. JOHN STUART MILL
13. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
14. ALBERT CAMUS
15. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
II. MODERN ETHICAL THEORY
Introduction, James Rachels
16. G.E. MOORE
17. H.A. PRICHARD
18. W.D. ROSS
19. A.J. AYER
20. C.L. STEVENSON
21. R.M. HARE
22. KURT BAIER
23. G.E.M. ANSCOMBE
24. J. L. MACKIE
25. JOHN RAWLS
26. DAVID GAUTHIER
27. JOEL FEINBERG
28. PHILIPPA FOOT
29. ONORA O'NEILL
30. RUTH BARCAN MARCUS
31. RICHARD B. BRANDT
32. BERNARD WILLIAMS
33. JOEL FEINBERG
34. GILBERT HARMAN
35. NICHOLAS L. STURGEON
36. ALLAN GIBBARD
37. JOHN MCDOWELL
38. CHRISTINE KORSGAARD
39. JAMES RACHELS
40. MARTHA NUSSBAUM
41. VIRGINIA HELD
42. SUSAN WOLF
43. THOMAS NAGEL
III. CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
INTRODUCTION, PETER SINGER
44. JUDITH JARVIS THOMSON
45. MARY ANNE WARREN
46. DON MARQUIS
47. ROSALIND HURSTHOUSE
48. JAMES RACHELS
49. PHILIPPA FOOT
50. PETER SINGER
51. JOHN ARTHUR
52. TOM REGAN
53. CARL COHEN
54. ELLIOT SOBER
55. HENRY SHUE
56. DANIEL J. HILL
57. JOHN M. TAUREK
58. DEREK PARFIT
59. JUDITH JARVIS THOMSON
60. THOMAS NAGEL
61. RICHARD TAYLOR

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