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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.
Inhalt
Preface xi Source Acknowledgments xiii
Part I The Status of Morality 1
Introduction to Part I 3
Of the Influencing Motives of the Will and Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason 7
David Hume
A Critique of Ethics 16
A. J. Ayer
The Subjectivity of Values 22
J. L. Mackie
Ethics and Observation 31
Gilbert Harman
Moral Relativism Defended 35
Gilbert Harman
Cultural Relativism 44
Harry Gensler
The Subject-Matter of Ethics 48
G. E. Moore
Ethics as Philosophy: A Defense of Ethical Nonnaturalism 54
Russ Shafer-Landau
Realism 63
Michael Smith
Part II Moral Knowledge 69
Introduction to Part II 71
Thinking About Cases 74
Shelly Kagan
But I Could be Wrong 85
George Sher
Proof 94
Renford Bambrough
Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism 101
Robert Audi
Coherentism and the Justification of Moral Beliefs 112
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
Part III Why Be Moral? 127
Introduction to Part III 129
The Immoralist's Challenge 132
Plato
Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives 138
Philippa Foot
A Puzzle About the Rational Authority of Morality 144
David O. Brink
Moral Rationalism 159
Russ Shafer-Landau
Psychological Egoism 167
Joel Feinberg
Flourishing Egoism 178
Lester Hunt
Ethical Egoism 193
James Rachels
Moral Saints 200
Susan Wolf
Part IV Ethics and Religion 213
Introduction to Part IV 215
Euthyphro 218
Plato
A New Divine Command Theory 220
Robert Merrihew Adams
God and Objective Morality: A Debate 225
William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
God and Immortality as Postulates of Pure Practical Reason 230
Immanuel Kant
God and the Moral Order 234
C. Stephen Layman
God and Morality 242
Erik Wielenberg
Part V Value 253
Introduction to Part V 255
Hedonism 258
John Stuart Mill
The Experience Machine 264
Robert Nozick
The Good Life: A Defense of Attitudinal Hedonism 266
Fred Feldman
Rationality and Full Information 277
Thomas Carson
Desire and the Human Good 286
Richard Kraut
What Makes Someone's Life Go Best 294
Derek Parfit
What Things are Good? 299
W. D. Ross
Part VI Moral Responsibility 303
Introduction to Part VI 305
Determinism and the Theory of Agency 308
Richard Taylor
The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility 312
Galen Strawson
Freedom and Necessity 317
A. J. Ayer
Moral Luck 322
Thomas Nagel
Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility 330
Susan Wolf
Freedom and Resentment 340
Peter Strawson
Part VII Moral Standing 353 Introduction to Part VII 3...