Ethics The Essential Writings

Name: Ethics The Essential Writings
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ISBN: 9780812977783

ISBN-10: 0812977785

ISBN-13: 9780812977783

Edition: 2010

Authors: Gordon Marino, Duncan Minshull

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InEthics: The Essential Writings,philosopher Gordon Marino skillfully presents an accessible, provocative anthology of both ancient and modern classics on matters moral. The philosophers represent 2,500 years of thought-from Plato, Kant, and Nietzsche to Alasdair MacIntyre, Susan Wolf, and Peter Singer-and cover a broad range of topics, from the timeless questions of justice, morality, and faith to the hot-button concerns of today, such as animal rights, our duties to the environment, and gender issues. Featuring an illuminating preamble, concise introductory essays on the giants of ethical theory, and incisive chapter headnotes to the modern offerings, this Modern Library edition is a…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/10/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.03" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Duncan Minshull is a senior producer at BBC Radio. He is editor of Telling Stories Vols 1-4, Fanfare and The Burning Leg. He has written extensively about walking for newspapers and magazines. He lives in London.



Introduction




From Plato to Kierkegaard



Euthyphro, Crito, and The Republic: Book II




Nicomachean Ethics




The Enchiridion




City of God: Book XIX




Summa Theologica: Question XCIV




Leviathan: Part I. Of Man; Part II. Of Commonwealth




An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals




Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals




Utilitarianism




Parerga and Paralipomena




On the Genealogy of Morality




The Sickness Unto Death: Part II




The Moderns



Anthropology and the Abnormal




Trying Out One's New Sword




Existentialism and Human Emotion




From Cruelty to Goodness




The Disparity Between Intellect and Character




Letter from a Birmingham Jail




A Theory of Justice




After Virtue




Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education




Mortal Questions




Moral Saints




A Sand County Almanac: The Land Ethic




Rich and Poor




The Case for Animal Rights




Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands




A Defense of Abortion Why Abortion is Immoral



Acknowledgments


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