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Each chapter ends with Further Readings | |
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Preface | |
Introduction: On the Nature of Morality | |
The Nature Of Morality: Good and Evil | |
What Is the Purpose of Morality? | |
Lord of the Flies: A Moral Allegory | |
On the Nature and Purpose of Morality: Reflections on William Golding's Lord of the Flies | |
On the State of Nature | |
Good and Evil | |
Why Is There Evil? | |
Sophie's Choice | |
The New Slavery | |
From Cruelty to Goodness | |
Wickedness | |
Beyond Good and Evil | |
On the Origin of Good and Evil | |
Is Everything Relative? | |
Custom Is King | |
The Case for Moral Relativism | |
The Case Against Moral Relativism | |
Judge Not? | |
The Enemy of the People | |
Moral Theories and Moral Character | |
Utilitarianism | |
Seaman Holmes and the Longboat of William Brown, Reported | |
Classical Utilitarianism | |
A Defense of Utilitarianism | |
Against Utilitarianism | |
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas | |
The Utilitarian Social Engineer and the Savage | |
Deontological Ethics | |
The Moral Law | |
Intuitionism | |
The Deep Beauty of the Golden Rule | |
A Critique of the Golden Rule | |
Ambrose Bierce, A Horseman in the Sky | |
The Evil of Lying | |
A Jury of Her Peers | |
Does Morality Depend on Religion? | |
Moral Luck | |
Virtue Ethics | |
The Bishop and the Candlesticks | |
Virtue Ethics | |
Virtue and the Moral Life | |
The Great Stone Face | |
A Critique of Virtue-Based Ethical Systems | |
Virtues and Vices | |
The Sermon on the Mount | |
The Good Samaritan | |
How Much Land Does a Man Need? | |
Jealousy, Malice, and Ingratitude | |
Moral Cowardice | |
Three Days to See: Gratitude | |
Epictetus and Others | |
The Stoic Catechism | |
In Consolation to His Wife: Equanimity | |
The World of Epictetus: Courage and Endurance | |
The Story of David and Bathsheba: Lust | |
Where Love Is, There Is God: Love | |
Reflections on Suffering | |
The Volunteer at Auschwitz: Altruism | |
Moral Issues | |
Ethics and Egoism: Why Should We Be Moral? | |
The Ring of Gyges | |
In Defense of Ethical Egoism | |
Egoism and Altruism: A Critique of Ayn Rand | |
A Critique of Ethical Egoism | |
Does Life Have Meaning? | |
The Good Brahmin | |
Hedonism | |
Life Is Absurd | |
Religion Gives Meaning to Life | |
The Human Search for Meaning: Reflections on Auschwitz | |
The Four Noble Truths | |
The Experience Machine | |
Freedom, Autonomy, and Self-Respect | |
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