A Reader in Moral Philosophy
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55481-486-2 (ISBN)
This lively anthology provides classic and contemporary defenses and critiques of the central ethical theories, along with readings on a selection of moral issues such as freedom of expression, immigration, and the treatment of non-human animals. Generous excerpts of canonical texts are included alongside contemporary works, all carefully selected and thoughtfully edited for student use. Readings on the ethical theories are organized intuitively, by implicit source of value: god, human nature, culture, reason, consent, character, emotion, care, particulars, and intuitions. The interconnections among readings amplify teaching possibilities and create a vigorous conversation about morality.
Daniel R. DeNicola is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and former Provost at Gettysburg College. He is the author of Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, as well as Learning to Flourish: A Philosophical Exploration of Liberal Education, and Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don’t Know, winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Philosophy.
Part I: Ethical TheoryChapter 1: Thinking Philosophically about Morality
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, “Moral Epistemology and Scepticism”
Robert B. Louden, “Why We Need Moral Theories”
John Rawls, “Reflective Equilibrium and Moral Theory”
Yong Huang, “‘Why Be Moral?’ The Cheng Brothers’ Neo-Confucian Answer”
Daniel Phillip Verene, “The Problem of the Ring”
G.E.M. (Elizabeth) Anscombe, “Who Is Wronged? (A Reply to Philippa Foot)”
Chapter 2: God and Morality
C. Stephen Evans, “What Is a Divine Command Theory of Obligation?”
Plato, “Is It Good Because God Loves It, or Does God Love It Because It Is Good?”
Linda Trinkhaus Zagzebski, “Divine Commands and Divine Motives”
Immanuel Kant, “The Existence of God as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason”
Chapter 3: Cultural Relativism and Moral Pluralism
Maria Baghramian, “Moral Relativism”
David Wong, “Pluralistic Relativism”
Susan Moller Okin, “Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?”
Chapter 4: Human Nature and Morality
Mencius (Mengzi), “The Seeds of Goodness in Human Nature”
Philippa Foot, Natural Goodness
Martha C. Nussbaum, “The Moral Import of Human Capabilities”
Chapter 5: Egoism and Pleasure
Ayn Rand, “The Celebration of ‘I.’”
Joseph Butler, “Two Sermons on Human Nature”
Robert Nozick, “The Experience Machine”
Lynne A. Stout, “Egoism and Altruism”
Chapter 6: Utilitarianism and the Greater Good
Jeremy Bentham, “Principles of Morals and Legislation”
John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
Bernard Williams, “Against Utilitarianism”
Oliver Letwin, “On Mill’s ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ Activities”
Chapter 7: Kantianism
Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Barbara Herman, “On the Value of Acting from the Motive of Duty”
Christine M. Korsgaard, “Kant’s Formula of Universal Law”
Michael Stocker, “The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories”
Chapter 8: Morality as Contract
Thomas Hobbes, “The Social Contract”
John Locke, “Consent and the Social Contract”
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
David Gauthier, Morals by Agreement
Heidi M. Hurd, “The Moral Magic of Consent”
Chapter 9: Virtue Ethics and Good Character
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
Rosalind Hursthouse, “Normative Virtue Ethics”
Mark Alfano, Character as Moral Fiction
David Foster Wallace, “The Devil Is a Busy Man”
Chapter 10: Moral Sentiment Theory
David Hume, “Passions, Sentiments, and Morality”
Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Martha C. Nussbaum, “Disgust and Moral Judgments”
Michael Slote, “Moral Sentimentalism”
Chapter 11: Care Ethics and Feminist Ethics
Nel Noddings, “Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics”
Virginia Held, “The Meshing of Care and Justice”
Marilyn Friedman and Angela Bolte, “Ethics and Feminism”
Claudia Card, “Women’s Voices and Ethical Ideals”
Chapter 12: Particularism and Intuitionism
Kwame Anthony Appiah, “The Quandary Quandary”
Andreas Lind and Johan Brännmark / John Dancy, “Particularism: An Interview with Jonathan Dancy”
Harriet McBryde Johnson, “Unspeakable Conversations”
Margaret Urban Walker, “Moral Particularity”
Jonathan Haidt, “The Intuitive Dog and the Rational Tail”
Chapter 13: Metaethics
A.J. Ayer, “Positivism and the Non-Cognitivist View”
G.E. Moore, “The Irreducibility of Good”
David O. Brink, “Externalist Moral Realism”
Francis Snare, “The Empirical Bases of Moral Scepticism”
Mary Midgley, Can’t We Make Moral Judgements?
Chapter 14: The Limits of Morality and Moral Theory
Shelly Kagan, “Ordinary and Extraordinary Morality”
Susan Wolf, “Moral Saints”
Todd May, “A Decent Life”
Daniel R. DeNicola, “Supererogation: Artistry in Conduct”
Raimond Gaita, “Goodness beyond Virtue”
Part II: Ethics in Practice
Chapter 15: Abortion
Don Marquis, “An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong”
Judith Jarvis Thompson, “A Defense of Abortion”
Rosalind Hursthouse, “A Virtue Theory of Abortion”
Chapter 16: Animals, Humans, and Moral Standing
Mary Midgley, “Getting Animals in Focus”
Peter Singer, “All Animals Are Equal”
Carl Cohen, “The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research”
Andrew Brennan, “Speciesism and Humanism”
Chapter 17: Ethics and the Environment
Paul W. Taylor, “The Ethics of Respect for Nature”
Onora O’Neill, “Environmental Values, Anthropocentrism and Speciesism”
John Broome, “The Ethics of Climate Change”
Chapter 18: Lying
Immanuel Kant, “On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives”
Christine Korsgaard, “The Right to Lie: Kant on Dealing with Evil”
David Nyberg, “Deception and Moral Decency”
Alison MacKenzie and Ibrar Bhatt, “Opposing the Power of Lies, Bullshit, and Fake News: The Value of Truth”
Chapter 19: Freedom of Expression and Offense
John Stuart Mill, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion”
Jeremy Waldron, “The Harm in Hate Speech”
Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt, “The Coddling of the American Mind”
Cheshire Calhoun, “The Virtue of Civility”
Chapter 20: Immigration
Christopher Heath Wellman, “Immigration and Freedom of Association”
Antoine Pécoud and Paul de Guchteneire “Is Immigration a Right?”
Seyla Benhabib, “The Morality of Migration”
Matthias Risse, “On the Morality of Immigration”
Javier Hidalgo, “Resistance to Unjust Immigration Restrictions”
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.03.2022 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 306 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55481-486-3 / 1554814863 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55481-486-2 / 9781554814862 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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