A companion to ethics / 
edited by Peter Singer. 
 - [Corr. ed.] 
 - Oxford, UK :  Blackwell Reference,  c1993. 
 - xxii, 565 p. ;  pbk ;  25 cm. 
 - Blackwell companions to philosophy .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents : Part 1 : The roots.<br/>The origin of ethics / Mary Midgley -- Ethics in small-scale societies / George Silberbauer -- Ancient ethics / Gerald A. Larue. Part 2 : The great ethical traditions.<br/>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.<br/>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?<br/>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.<br/>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.<br/>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.<br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0631187855 (pbk.) 9781405150514 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethics--introductions.<br/>Social ethics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>170/BLA