The quest for moral foundations an introduction to ethics - Brown, Montague 1952- (Georgetown University Press, 1996)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index.)
Anything goes : relativism -- Do what you feel : emotionism -- Me first : egoism and the social contract -- All's well that ends well : utilitarianism -- Duty calls : Kant's formalism. Determination or freedom. Practical reasm -- Do good and avoid evil : natural law. Freedom and natural law -- Retrospective and reevaluation. Utilitarian theory. Social contact theory. Egoism. Emotionism. Relativism. Natural law and pluralism. Historicism -- Ethics and religion revisited. Ethics derived from religion. Religion as an ethical obligation. Moral importance of religion. Epilogue: To care or not to care