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082 _a170/BLA
998 _bLW
245 0 2 _aA companion to ethics /
_cedited by Peter Singer.
250 _a[Corr. ed.]
260 _aOxford, UK :
_bBlackwell Reference,
_cc1993.
300 _axxii, 565 p. ;
_bpbk ;
_c25 cm.
490 _aBlackwell companions to philosophy
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aContents : Part 1 : The roots. The origin of ethics / Mary Midgley -- Ethics in small-scale societies / George Silberbauer -- Ancient ethics / Gerald A. Larue.
505 _aPart 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.
505 _aPart 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.
505 _aPart 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.
505 _aPart 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.
505 _aPart 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.
505 _aPart 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.
505 _aAfterword / Peter Singer.
650 0 _aEthics
_vintroductions.
650 0 _aSocial ethics.
700 1 _aSinger, Peter,
_d1946-
_eed.
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