Exploring ethics: an introductory anthology
"In this remarkably accessible, concise, and engaging introduction to moral philosophy, Steven M. Cahn brings together a rich, balanced, and wide-ranging collection of fifty readings on ethical theory and contemporary moral issues. He has carefully edited all the articles to ensure that they wi...
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| Sprache: | English |
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New York [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2014
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| Ausgabe: | 3. ed. |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In this remarkably accessible, concise, and engaging introduction to moral philosophy, Steven M. Cahn brings together a rich, balanced, and wide-ranging collection of fifty readings on ethical theory and contemporary moral issues. He has carefully edited all the articles to ensure that they will be exceptionally clear and understandable to undergraduate students. The selections are organized into three parts...Challenges to Morality, Moral Theories, and Moral Problems...providing instructors with flexibility in designing and teaching a variety of ethics courses. Each reading is followed by study questions. The third edition of Exploring Ethics provides more coverage of contemporary problems, featuring new selections on euthanasia, capital punishment, animal rights, affirmative action, academic ethics, the trolley problem, and the meaning of life. A Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/cahn offers a password-protected Instructor's Manual...containing a test bank, key terms with definitions, reading summaries, and PowerPoint lectures...and self-quizzes, vocabulary flashcards, and useful links for students".. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 476 S. 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780199946587 |
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Contents
Preface
xi
INTRODUCTION
1.
Morality and Moral Philosophy William K. Frankena
2
2.
Crito Plato
6
3.
Phaedo Plato
22
4.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr.
27
PART I: CHALLENGES TO MORALITY
5.
How Not to Answer Moral Questions Tom Regan
45
6.
God and Morality Steven M. Cahn
50
7.
The Challenge of Cultural Relativism James Rachels
54
8.
Right and Wrong Thomas
Nagel 67
9.
Egoism and Moral Scepticism James Rachels
71
10.
Happiness and Immorality Steven M. Cahn and Jeffrie G. Murphy
83
11.
The Nature of Ethical Disagreement Charles
L
.
Stevenson
90
PART II: MORAL THEORIES
12.
The Categorical Imperative
Immanuel
Kant
98
13.
A Simplified Account of Kant's Ethics
Onora
O'Neill
110
14.
Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill
114
15.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Utilitarianism Louis P. Pojman
126
16.
The Nature of Virtue Aristotle
135
17.
Virtue Ethics Bernard Mayo
141
18.
The Ethics of Care Virginia Held
144
19.
The Social Contract Thomas Hobbes
150
20.
A Theory of Justice John Rawls
158
vii
Vili
CONTENTS
PART III: MORAL PROBLEMS
A. ABORTION
21.
A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson
166
22.
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion Mary Anne Warren
185
23.
Why Abortion Is Immoral Don Marquis
203
24.
Virtue Theory and Abortion Rosalind Hursthouse
212
B. EUTHANASIA
25.
Active and Passive Euthanasia James Rachels
226
26.
The Intentional Termination of Life Bonnie
Steinbock 233
C.
WORLD HUNGER
27.
Famine, Affluence, and Morality Peter Singer
244
28.
World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case against Singer
John Arthur
258
D. TERRORISM
29.
Terrorism Michael
Walzer 266
30.
Is Terrorism Distinctively Wrong? Lionel K. McPherson
275
E. TORTURE
31.
Torture Henry Shue
282
32.
Ticking Bombs, Torture, and the Analogy with Self-Defense
Daniel
J
Hill
296
F. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
33.
The Morality of Capital Punishment Walter
Berns 311
34.
The Death Penalty as a Symbolic Issue Stephen Nathanson
316
G. ANIMAL RIGHTS
35.
The Case for Animal Rights Tom Regan
325
36.
Why Animals Have No Rights Carl Cohen
339
37.
Speaking of Animal Rights Mary Anne Warren
344
H. THE ENVIRONMENT
38.
We Are What We Eat Tom Regan
356
39.
Philosophical Problems for Environmentalism Elliott Sober
364
CONTENTS
IX
I.
AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION
40.
Two Concepts of
Affirmative
Action Steven
M
.
Cahn
387
41.
What Good Am I? Laurence Thomas
398
42.
Truth in Advertising Tom L. Beauchamp
405
J.
ACADEMIA
43.
Consensual Sex on Campus Leslie Pickering Francis
410
44.
The Letter Writer's Dilemma George Sher
420
K. LIFE AND DEATH
45.
The Trolley Problem Judith Jarvis Thomson
428
46.
Turning the Trolley Judith Jarvis Thomson
430
47.
Death Thomas
Nagel 435
L.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
48.
The Meaning of Life Richard Taylor
446
49.
Meaning in Life Susan Wolf
457
50.
Meaningful Lives? Christine Vitrano
462
Index
465 |
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