Ethics: Contemporary Readings

Name: Ethics: Contemporary Readings
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ISBN: 9780415256810

ISBN-10: 041525681X

ISBN-13: 9780415256810

Edition: 2003

Authors: Harry Gensler, Earl Spurgin, James Swindal

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Ethics: Contemporary Readingsis designed for anyone interested in the subject, presenting carefully selected classic and contemporary articles. The book includes pieces by the leading figures in the field and provides an excellent entry to the topic. The book complements Harry Gensler'sEthics: A Contemporary Introduction(Routledge, 1998), or can be used as a stand-alone volume.

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List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/16/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.33" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Earl Spurgin are Associate Professors of Philosophy at John Carroll University.




Initial Approaches to Morality


Cultural Relativism 'Defending Cultural Relativism'



'Against Cultural Relativism'



Subjectivism 'Ethical Claims Describe Feelings'



'Ethical Claims are Objective'



Supernaturalism 'The Moral Law is from God'



'Love of God and Neighbor'




Further Approaches to Morality


Institutionism 'Irreducible Ethical Truths'



'Objective Prima Facie Duties'



Emotivism 'Ethical Claims Express Feelings'



'Values are Subjective'



Precscriptivism 'Universal Prescriptions'



'An Existentialist Ethics'




Ethical Methodology


Justifying Moral Claims 'Moral Justification'



'Discourse Ethics'



'Ethics Based on Reason'



The Golden Rule 'The Golden Rule and Society'



'The Golden Rule and Religion'



'Master and Slave Morality'



Two Applications 'Racial Segregation'



'Moral Education'




Normative Theory


Consequentialism 'Utilitarianism'



'Defending Utilitarianism'



'Against Utilitarianism'



'Rule Utilitarianism'



'Goods and Absolutes'



'A Theory of Justice' (selections)



'Justice and Goods'




Applied Ethics


Abortion 'Defense of Abortion'



'Pro-life Feminism'



Animal and Environment 'Animal Liberation'



'A Kantian Approach to Famine Relief'



'The Land Ethic'