Ethical Theory

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

Autorentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
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

Inhalt
Preface xi Source Acknowledgments xiii

Part I The Status of Morality 1

Introduction to Part I 3

1. Of the Influencing Motives of the Will and Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason 7
   David Hume

2. A Critique of Ethics 16
   A. J. Ayer

3. The Subjectivity of Values 22
   J. L. Mackie

4. Ethics and Observation 31
   Gilbert Harman

5. Moral Relativism Defended 35
   Gilbert Harman

6. Cultural Relativism 44
   Harry Gensler

7. The Subject-Matter of Ethics 48
   G. E. Moore

8. Ethics as Philosophy: A Defense of Ethical Nonnaturalism 54
   Russ Shafer-Landau

9. Realism 63
   Michael Smith

Part II Moral Knowledge 69

Introduction to Part II 71

10. Thinking About Cases 74
    Shelly Kagan

11. But I Could be Wrong 85
    George Sher

12. Proof 94
    Renford Bambrough

13. Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism 101
    Robert Audi

14. Coherentism and the Justification of Moral Beliefs 112
    Geoffrey Sayre-McCord

Part III Why Be Moral? 127

Introduction to Part III 129

15. The Immoralist's Challenge 132
    Plato

16. Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives 138
    Philippa Foot

17. A Puzzle About the Rational Authority of Morality 144
    David O. Brink

18. Moral Rationalism 159
    Russ Shafer-Landau

19. Psychological Egoism 167
    Joel Feinberg

20. Flourishing Egoism 178
    Lester Hunt

21. Ethical Egoism 193
    James Rachels

22. Moral Saints 200
    Susan Wolf

Part IV Ethics and Religion 213

Introduction to Part IV 215

23. Euthyphro 218
    Plato

24. A New Divine Command Theory 220
    Robert Merrihew Adams

25. God and Objective Morality: A Debate 225
    William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

26. God and Immortality as Postulates of Pure Practical Reason 230
    Immanuel Kant

27. God and the Moral Order 234
    C. Stephen Layman

28. God and Morality 242
    Erik Wielenberg

Part V Value 253

Introduction to Part V 255

29. Hedonism 258
    John Stuart Mill

30. The Experience Machine 264
    Robert Nozick

31. The Good Life: A Defense of Attitudinal Hedonism 266
    Fred Feldman

32. Rationality and Full Information 277
    Thomas Carson

33. Desire and the Human Good 286
    Richard Kraut

34. What Makes Someone's Life Go Best 294
    Derek Parfit

35. What Things are Good? 299
    W. D. Ross

Part VI Moral Responsibility 303

Introduction to Part VI 305

36. Determinism and the Theory of Agency 308
    Richard Taylor

37. The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility 312
    Galen Strawson

38. Freedom and Necessity 317
    A. J. Ayer

39. Moral Luck 322
    Thomas Nagel

40. Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility 330
    Susan Wolf

41. Freedom and Resentment 340
    Peter Strawson

Part VII Moral Standing 353 Introduction to Part VII 3...