The Right Thing To Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy

5. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-07-340740-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 335 g

This collection of readings in moral theory and moral issues from major Western philosophers is the ideal companion reader for James Rachels' text The Elements of Moral Philosophy. The anthology explores further the theories and issues introduced in that volume, in their original and classic formulations. The collection can stand on its own as the text for a course in moral philosophy, or it can be used to supplement any introductory text.

This fifth edition contains new essays about prostitution, monogamy, date rape, terrorism, torture, genetic engineering, and the atomic bombings of Japan.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rachels, James

Rachels, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

*Contents are preliminary*
* indicates new to this editionPreface 1. A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, James Rachels 2. Some Basic Points about Arguments, James Rachels
UTILITARIANISM3. Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill 4. Utilitarianism and Integrity, Bernard Williams5. The Experience Machine, Robert Nozick
OTHER THEORETICAL ESSAYS6. The Subjectivity of Values, J.L. Mackie7. The Categorical Imperative, Immanuel Kant8. The Virtues, Aristotle*9. Master Morality and Slave Morality, Fredrich Nietzsche*10. Caring Relations and Principles of Justice, Virginia Held
ABORTION 11. Why Abortion is Immoral, Don Marquis12. A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson*13. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion / Postscript on Infanticide, Mary Ann Warren
ANIMALS14. All Animals Are Equal, Peter SingerTorturing Puppies and Eating Meat: It's All in Good Taste, Alastair Norcross16. Do Animals Have Rights?, Tibor R. Machan
STARVATION17. 9/11 and Starvation, Mylan Engel, Jr.18. The Singer Solution to World Poverty, Peter Singer
WAR, TERRORISM AND TORTURE19. The Ethics of War and Peace, Douglas P. Lackey 20. Fifty Years After Hiroshima, John Rawls21. What is Wrong with Terrorism?, Thomas Nagal*22. The War on Terrorism and the End of Human Rights, David Luban23. Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb David Luban
The Death Penalty*24. A Defense of the Death Penalty, Louis P. Pojam*25. Why The United States Will Join the Rest of the World in Abandoning Capital Punishment, Stephen B. Bright
SEX AND DRUGS26. America’s Unjust Drug War, Michael Huemer27. Is Homosexuality Unnatural?, Burton M. Leiser28. Monogamy: A Critique, John Murtry29. Our Sexual Ethics, Bertrand Russell 30. Alcohol and Rape, Nicholas DixonRACE31. Letter from the Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.32. Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?, Peter Singer33. In Defense of Quotas, James Rachels
BIOETHICS34. The Morality of Euthanasia, James Rachels35. Assisted Suicide: Pro-Choice or Anti-Life?, Richard Doerflinger*36. The New Eugenics, Matt Ridley

Über Autor(innen)

Rachels, James
James Rachels is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birminghamand is widely respected in the field of moral philosophy. He is also the author of THE END OF LIFE: Euthanasia and Morality and CREATED FROM ANIMALS: The Moral Implications of Darwinism.