Moral Life

Moral Life

An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature

Pojman, Louis P.; Vaughn, Lewis

Oxford University Press Inc

09/2017

960

Mole

Inglês

9780190607845

15 a 20 dias

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*=New to this Edition Each chapter ends with Further Readings. Preface Introduction: On the Nature of Morality PART I. THE NATURE OF MORALITY: GOOD AND EVIL 1. What Is the Purpose of Morality? William Golding, Lord of the Flies: A Moral Allegory Louis P. Pojman, On the Nature and Purpose of Morality: Reflections on William Golding's Lord of the Flies Thomas Hobbes, On the State of Nature 2. Good and Evil Herman Melville, Billy Budd Fyodor Dostoevsky, Why Is There Evil? William Styron, Sophie's Choice Philip Hallie, From Cruelty to Goodness * Philippa Foot, Natural Goodness Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Richard Taylor, On the Origin of Good and Evil 3. Is Everything Relative? Herodotus, Custom Is King Ruth Benedict, The Case for Moral Relativism * David Enoch, Why I Am an Objectivist about Ethics (And Why You Are, Too) James Rachels, Why Morality Is Not Relative Jean Bethke Elshtain, Judge Not? Mary Midgley, Trying Out One's New Sword Henrick Ibsen, The Enemy of the People PART II. MORAL THEORIES AND MORAL CHARACTER 4. Utilitarianism Seaman Holmes and the Longboat of William Brown, Reported by John William Wallace Jeremy Bentham, Classical Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism Refined Kai Nielsen, A Defense of Utilitarianism Bernard Williams, Against Utilitarianism Ursula Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 5. Deontological Ethics Immanuel Kant, The Moral Law William K. Frankena, Kant's Theory W. D. Ross, Intuitionism Ambrose Bierce, A Horseman in the Sky Charles Fried, The Evil of Lying Plato, Does Morality Depend on Religion? James Rachels, The Divine Command Theory Thomas Nagel, Moral Luck Carl Dennis, New Year's Eve 6. Virtue Ethics Aristotle, Virtue Ethics Alasdair MacIntyre, The Virtues * Susan Wolf, Moral Saints Bernard Mayo, Virtue and the Moral Life Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Great Stone Face William K. Frankena, A Critique of Virtue-Based Ethical Systems Jesus of Nazareth, The Sermon on the Mount; The Good Samaritan Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need? Greed Immanuel Kant, Jealousy, Malice, and Ingratitude Epictetus and Others, The Stoic Catechism Vice Admiral James Stockdale, The World of Epictetus: Courage and Endurance 7. Feminist Ethics and the Ethics of Care Alison M. Jaggar, Feminist Ethics Jan Crosthwaite, Gender and Bioethics Annette C. Baier, The Need for More than Justice Virginia Held, The Ethics of Care PART III. MORAL ISSUES 8. Ethics and Egoism: Why Should We Be Moral? Plato, The Ring of Gyges Ayn Rand, In Defense of Ethical Egoism Louis P. Pojman, Egoism and Altruism: A Critique of Ayn Rand James Rachels, A Critique of Ethical Egoism 9. Does Life Have Meaning? Voltaire, The Good Brahmin Epicurus, Hedonism Albert Camus, Life Is Absurd Viktor Frankl, The Human Search for Meaning: Reflections on Auschwitz Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, The Four Noble Truths Bertrand Russell, Reflections on Suffering * Richard Taylor, The Meaning of Life PART IV. APPLIED ETHICS: MORAL PROBLEMS 10. Sex, Love, and Marriage Immanuel Kant, On the Place of Sex in Human Existence John McMurtry, Monogamy: A Critique Michael D. Bayles, Marriage, Love, and Procreation: A Critique of McMurtry Bonnie Steinbock, What's Wrong with Adultery? Michael Levin, Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal John Corvino, A Defense of Homosexuality * Maggie Gallagher, What Marriage Is For: Children Need Mothers and Fathers * Jonathan Rauch, For Better or Worse? 11. Is Abortion Morally Permissible? Don Marquis, Why Abortion Is Immoral Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion Mary Anne Warren, Abortion Is Morally Permissible Susan Sherwin, Abortion Through a Feminist Ethics Lens 12. The Morality of Euthanasia Dan W. Brock, Voluntary Active Euthanasia James Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia * Bonnie Steinbock, The Intentional Termination of Life * 13. War and Terrorism * Jan Narveson, Pacifism: A Philosophical Analysis * Haig Khatchadourian, The Morality of Terrorism * Andrew Valls, Can Terrorism Be Justified? 14. Our Duties to Animals George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant Peter Singer, Animal Liberation: All Animals Are Equal Carl Cohen, The Case Against Animal Rights * Tristam McPherson, How to Argue for (and Against) Ethical Veganism * Joel Salatin, Animal Welfare 15. Our Duties to the Environment Robert Heilbroner, What Has Posterity Ever Done for Me? Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons William F. Baxter, People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution 16. Global Economic Justice Garrett Hardin, Living on a Lifeboat William W. Murdoch and Allan Oaten, A Critique of Lifeboat Ethics Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence, and Morality * Travis Timmerman, A Reply to Singer Appendix: How to Read and Write Philosophy Papers: Index:
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