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*Selections new to this Edition are indicated with an asterisk 1. Thinking About Ethics. Ethics and Critical Thinking. Studying Ethics. God's Commandments and Ethics. Religion and Ethics. Reading: Plato, Euthyphro. Exercises Reasoning about Ethics. Elements of Kantian Ethics. Criticisms of Kantian Ethics. Conclusion. Reading: Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. Exercises Follow Your Reason or Follow Your Heart? Objective and Subjective Feelings. Intuitionism. Conclusion. Reading: Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature. Exercises Utilitarian Theory. Act- vs. Rule-Utilitarians. Utiliatarians and the Quality of Pleasures. Criticisms of Utilitarian Ethics. Nozick’s Challenge to Utilitarian Ethics The Uses of Utilitarian Ethics. Opposition to Utilitarianism. Reading: Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Reading: Mill, What Utilitarianism Is.* Framing the Social Contract. Fairness and Social Contract Theory: John Rawls. Gauthier's Contractarian Ethics. The Social Contract Myth and its Underlying Assumptions. Conclusion. Reading: Hobbes, Leviathan. Exercises Egoism. Relativism. Pragmatism. Readings: Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope. Exercises The Distinctive Focus of Virtue Ethics. The Strengths of Virtue Ethics. Criticisms of Virtue Theory. Virtue Theory and Medicine. Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Exercises The Neglect of Women's Ethical Views. The Care Perspectives on Ethics. Women and Ethics. Reading: Baier, The Need for More than Justice. Exercises Who is Due Moral Consideration? Moral Agents. Darwin and the Moral Status of Nonhuman Animals. Reading: Darwin, The Descent of Man. Reading: Frans de Waal, Primates and Philosophers.* Exercises The Nature of Ethical Nonobjectivism. Arguments for Ethical Nonobjectivism. The Continuing Struggle Between Objectivists and Nonobjectivists. Reading: Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic. Exercises Contemporary Moral Realism. Moral Realism and the Argument from Simplicity. Moral Facts and Scientific Revolutions. Two Ways that Moral Realism Might Fail. Reading: Smith, Realism. Exercises The Demands of Ethical Living. Comparing Ethical Systems on the Basis of Difficulty. Duty and Feelings. Reading: Mencius, Book of Mencius. Exercises Determinism. Fatalism. Determinism and Free Will. Libertarian Free Will and the Rejection of Determinism. Reading: Wolf, Asymmetrical Freedom. Exercises Types of Responsibility. Moral Responsibility and the Utility of Punishment. Conditions for Moral Responsibility. Moral Responsibility and Ethics. Conclusion. Reading: Nagel, Moral Luck. Exercises. 15. The Death Penalty. The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished — Stephen Bright* The Death Penalty is Morally Legitimate — Louis Pojman* Exercises* 16. Abortion Abortion is Immoral — Don Marquis* Most Abortions Are Morally Legitimate — Bonnie Steinbock* 17: Animal Rights Nonhuman animals have no basic rights — Richard Posner* Nonhuman Animals Have Important rights — Peter Singer* Exercises* 18: Homosexual Sex Homosexual sex is wrong -- John Finnis* Homosexual relations are morally legitimate -- John Corvino* Exercises* 19: What Are Our Global Obligations to the Impoverished? We have a limited moral obligation to help impoverished people in other countries -- Thomas Nagel* We have a very strong moral obligation to help impoverished people in other countries -- Thomas Pogge* Exercises* 20: Can Terrorism Ever Be Justified? Terrorism is always wrong -- Tony Coady* Terrorism might sometimes be justified -- Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez* Exercises* Glossary Credits Index Table of Contents
2. Ethics and Reason.
3. Ethics and Emotions.
4. Utilitarian Ethics.
Exercises
5. Social Contract Ethics.
6. Egoism, Relativism, and Pragmatism.
7. Virtue Ethics.
8. Care Ethics.
9. The Scope of Morality.
10. Ethical NonObjectivism.
11. Moral Realism.
12. How Hard is Ethics?
13. Free Will.
14. Freedom, Moral Responsibility, and Ethics.
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