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A companion to ethics / edited by Peter Singer.

Contributor(s): Series: Blackwell companions to philosophyPublication details: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Reference, c1993.Edition: [Corr. ed.]Description: xxii, 565 p. ; pbk ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0631187855 (pbk.)
  • 9781405150514
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170/BLA
Contents:
Contents : Part 1 : The roots. The origin of ethics / Mary Midgley -- Ethics in small-scale societies / George Silberbauer -- Ancient ethics / Gerald A. Larue.
Part 2 : The great ethical traditions. Indian ethics / Purusottama Bilimoria -- Buddhist ethics / Padmasiri de Silva -- Classical Chinese ethics / Chad Hansen -- Jewish ethics / Menachem Kellner -- Christian ethics / Ronald Preston -- Islamic ethics / Azim Nanji.
Part 3 : Western philosophical ethics: a short history. Ethics in Ancient Greece / Christopher Rowe -- Medieval and Renaissance ethics / John Haldane -- Modern moral philosophy / J.B. Schneewind.
Part 4 : How ought I to live? Natural law / Stephen Buckle -- Kantian ethics / Onora O'neill -- The social contract condition / Will Kymlicka -- Egoism / Kurt Baier -- Contemporary deontology / Nancy (Ann) Davis -- Consequentialism / Philip Pettit -- Utility and the good / Robert E. Goodin -- Virtue theory / Greg Pence -- Rights / Brenda Almond.
Part 5 : Applications. World poverty / Nigel Dower -- Environmental ethics / Robert elliot -- Euthanasia / Helga Kuhse -- Abortion / Mary Anne Warren -- Sex / Raymond A. Belliotti -- Personal relationships / Hugh Lafollette -- Equality, discrimination and preferential treatment / Bernard R. Boxill -- Animals / Lori Gruen -- Business ethics / Robert C. Solomon -- Crime and punishment / C.L. Ten -- Politics and the problem of dirty hands / C.A.J. Coady -- War and peace / Jeff McMahan.
Part 6 : The nature of ethics. Realism / Michael Smith -- Intuitionism / Jonathan Dancy -- Naturalism / Charles R. Pigden -- Subjectivism / James Rachels -- Relativism / David Wong -- Universal prescriptivism / R.M. Hare -- Morality and psychological development / Laurence Thomas -- Method and moral theory / Dale Jamieson.
Part 7 : Challenge and critique. The idea of a female ethic / Jean Grimshaw -- The significance of evolution / Michael Ruse -- Marx against morality / Allen Wood -- How could ethics depend on religion? / Jonathan Berg -- The implications of determinsim / Robert Young.
Afterword / Peter Singer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents : Part 1 : The roots.
The origin of ethics / Mary Midgley -- Ethics in small-scale societies / George Silberbauer -- Ancient ethics / Gerald A. Larue.

Part 2 : The great ethical traditions.
Indian ethics / Purusottama Bilimoria -- Buddhist ethics / Padmasiri de Silva -- Classical Chinese ethics / Chad Hansen -- Jewish ethics / Menachem Kellner -- Christian ethics / Ronald Preston -- Islamic ethics / Azim Nanji.

Part 3 : Western philosophical ethics: a short history.
Ethics in Ancient Greece / Christopher Rowe -- Medieval and Renaissance ethics / John Haldane -- Modern moral philosophy / J.B. Schneewind.

Part 4 : How ought I to live?
Natural law / Stephen Buckle -- Kantian ethics / Onora O'neill -- The social contract condition / Will Kymlicka -- Egoism / Kurt Baier -- Contemporary deontology / Nancy (Ann) Davis -- Consequentialism / Philip Pettit -- Utility and the good / Robert E. Goodin -- Virtue theory / Greg Pence -- Rights / Brenda Almond.

Part 5 : Applications.
World poverty / Nigel Dower -- Environmental ethics / Robert elliot -- Euthanasia / Helga Kuhse -- Abortion / Mary Anne Warren -- Sex / Raymond A. Belliotti -- Personal relationships / Hugh Lafollette -- Equality, discrimination and preferential treatment / Bernard R. Boxill -- Animals / Lori Gruen -- Business ethics / Robert C. Solomon -- Crime and punishment / C.L. Ten -- Politics and the problem of dirty hands / C.A.J. Coady -- War and peace / Jeff McMahan.

Part 6 : The nature of ethics.
Realism / Michael Smith -- Intuitionism / Jonathan Dancy -- Naturalism / Charles R. Pigden -- Subjectivism / James Rachels -- Relativism / David Wong -- Universal prescriptivism / R.M. Hare -- Morality and psychological development / Laurence Thomas -- Method and moral theory / Dale Jamieson.

Part 7 : Challenge and critique.
The idea of a female ethic / Jean Grimshaw -- The significance of evolution / Michael Ruse -- Marx against morality / Allen Wood -- How could ethics depend on religion? / Jonathan Berg -- The implications of determinsim / Robert Young.

Afterword / Peter Singer.

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