The ethical life : fundamental readings in ethics and moral problems
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The ethical life : fundamental readings in ethics and moral problems
Oxford University Press, c2015
3rd ed
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Brief yet thorough and affordably priced, The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, Second Edition, is ideal for courses in introductory ethics and contemporary moral problems. Featuring forty readings divided into four parts-The Good Life, Normative Ethics, Metaethics, and Moral Problems-it introduces students to ethical theory and a wide range of moral issues. The essays include selections from such historically influential
philosophers as Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill alongside work by contemporary philosophers like Philippa Foot, Robert Nozick, Peter Singer, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. Detailed reading introductions provide helpful contextual information. The text is supplemented by an online Instructor's Manual and Computerized
Test Bank and a Companion Website with student self-quizzes and additional resources.
Designed as a companion reader to Russ Shafer-Landau's textbook, The Fundamentals of Ethics, Third Edition, this volume is also comprehensive enough to be used on its own.
Table of Contents
- *=NEW TO THIS EDITION
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I. THE GOOD LIFE
- PART II. NORMATIVE ETHICS: THEORIES OF RIGHT CONDUCT
- PART III. METAETHICS: THE STATUS OF MORALITY
- PART IV. MORAL PROBLEMS
- * POVERTY AND HUNGER
- EUTHANASIA AND A MODEST PROPOSAL
- TERRORISM AND TORTURE
- THE MORAL STATUS OF ANIMALS
- THE ENVIRONMENT
- ABORTION
- THE LIMITS OF THE LAW
- * ENHANCING HUMAN BEINGS
- * AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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