Ethical Theory : A Concise Anthology

by Geirsson, Heimir; Holmgren, Margaret R.; Geirsson, Heimir; Holmgren, Margaret R.

• ISBN13: 9781551112923
• ISBN10: 1551112922
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Broadview Pr

Table of Contents

Ethical Relativism
Introduction	1	(4)
Selections from Folkways	5	(7)
William Graham Sumner
Relativism and Objectivity in Ethics	12	(26)
William H. Shaw
Divine Command Theory
Introduction	33	(5)
Euthyphro, Plato	38	(16)
The Story of Abraham, The Bible	54	(3)
Egoism	57	(24)
Introduction
The Myth of Gyges, Plato	61	(19)
Egoism and Moral Scepticism	80	(1)
James Rachels
Consequentialism	81	(28)
Introduction
Selection from Utilitarianism	86	(9)
John Stuart Mill
An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics	95	(11)
J.J.C. Smart
The Experience Machine	106	(3)
Robert Nozick
Deonotology	109	(58)
Introduction
Selection from The Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals	113	(18)
Immanuel Kant
A Simplified Version of Kant's Ethics: Perplexities of Famine and World Hunger	131	(11)
Onora O'Neill
What Makes Right Acts Right?	142	(25)
W. D. Ross
Justice	167	(42)
Introduction
Selection from A Theory of Justice	170	(19)
John Rawls
The Entitlement Theory	189	(20)
Robert Nozick
Virtue Ethics	209	(60)
Introduction
Selection from Nichomachean Ethics	213	(18)
Aristotle
On Some Vices of Virtue Ethics	231	(16)
Robert B. Louden
Virtue Theory and Abortion	247	(22)
Rosalind Hursthouse
Feminist Ethics	269	(26)
Introduction
Selection from In a Different Voice	273	(12)
Carol Gilligan
Women and Caring	285	(10)
Nel Noddings
Theories in Practice	295	(96)
Introduction
The Message of Affirmative Action	296	(24)
Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
Rich and Poor	320	(20)
Peter Singer
Perspectives On World Hunger and The Extent Of Our Positive Duties	340	(15)
Robert N. Van Wyk
Why Abortion Is Immoral	355	(19)
Donald Marquis
Abortion Through A Feminist Ethics Lens	374	(17)
Susan Sherwin
Sources	391