Ethical Theory: An Anthology

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Russ Shafer-Landau
John Wiley & Sons, Jun 20, 2012 - Philosophy - 816 pages
The second edition of Ethical Theory: An Anthology features a comprehensive collection of more than 80 essays from classic and contemporary philosophers that address questions at the heart of moral philosophy.
  • Brings together 82 classic and contemporary pieces by renowned philosophers, from seminal works by Hume and Kant to contemporary views by Derek Parfit, Susan Wolf, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and many more
  • Features updates and the inclusion of a new section on feminist ethics, along with a general introduction and section introductions by Russ Shafer-Landau
  • Guides readers through key areas in ethical theory including consequentialism, deontology, contractarianism, and virtue ethics
  • Includes underrepresented topics such as moral knowledge, moral standing, moral
    responsibility, and ethical particularism
 

Contents

A Critique ofEthics
16
Ethics and Observation
31
Cultural Relativism
44
Realism
63
But I Could be Wrong
85
Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism
101
Why Be Moral?
127
A Puzzle About the Rational Authority of Morality
144
An Argument that Abortion is Wrong
400
Introduction to PartVIII
413
RuleConsequentialism
428
Alienation Consequentialism and the Demands of Morality
441
What is Wrong with Slavery
458
The Survival Lottery
474
Kants Formula of Universal Law
499
The Rationality of Side Constraints
521

Moral Rationalism
159
Flourishing Egoism
178
Ethical Egoism
193
Ethics and Religion
213
God and Immortality as Postulates of Pure Practical Reason
230
God and Morality
242
Introduction to PartV
255
Rationality and Full Information
277
What Makes Someones Life Go Best
294
Determinism and the Theory ofAgency
308
Moral Luck
322
Freedom and Resentment
340
Moral Standing
353
All Animals are Equal
361
On Being Morally Considerable
381
The Problem ofAbortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect
536
Contractarianism
553
Why Contractarianism?
571
Contractualism and Utilitarianism
593
Virtue Ethics
609
An Aristotelian Approach
630
Normative Virtue Ethics
645
AVirtue Ethical Account of Right Action
664
Feminist Ethics
687
Justice Care and Gender Bias
713
Sexism
729
Prima Facie Duties and Particularism
751
An Unprincipled Morality
772
Unprincipled Ethics
785
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About the author (2012)

Russ Shafer-Landau is Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include The Foundations of Ethics: An Anthology (2006, with Terence Cuneo) and Moral Realism: A Defense (2003). He also the editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics.

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