TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singer,Peter
TI  - A companion to ethics
T2  - Blackwell companions to philosophy
SN  - 0631187855 (pbk.)
U1  - 170/BLA 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Oxford, UK
PB  - Blackwell Reference
KW  - Ethics
KW  - introductions
KW  - Social ethics
N1  - 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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