Gordon Graham

Theories of Ethics

An Introduction to Moral Philosophy with a Selection of Classic Readings

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Produktbeschreibung

Theories of Ethics offers a comprehensive survey of the major schools and figures in moral philosophy, from Socrates to the present day. Written entirely in non-technical language, it aims to be introductory without being elementary, so that readers may quickly engage with selected readings from classic sources. The writings of major philosophers are explained in a structured exploration of recurrently important issues about right and wrong, good and evil, social relations and religious meaning. This book is a radical revision of Gordon Graham's Eight Theories of Ethics (Routledge 2004). A hallmark of the new edition is the incorporation of primary readings into the text itself, making the book suitable as a stand-alone publication for any ethics course or for anyone wanting to know the history and arguments or moral philosophy. Primary sources include extracts from Aristotle, Camus, Hume, Kant, Locke, Mill, Nietzsche, Plato, Reid, and Sartre, as well as Aldo Leopold and James Lovelock. The new edition also offers extended treatment of the objective/subjective debate, social contract theory, Nietzsche on morality, recent interpretations of Kant, the relation between morality and the existence of God, and a full chapter on environmental ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 912g
• ISBN-13: 9780415999465
• ISBN-10: 0415999464
• Artikelnr.: 29926251

Autorenporträt

Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Ethics, Truth and Reason 1.1 Right and Wrong 1.2 Relativism and
Subjectivism 1.3 Proof and Probability 1.4 Moral Realism 1.5 Moral
Rationalism 1.6 Objectivism Chapter 2: Contractualism 2.1 Justice and
Beneficence 2.2 Promises and Contracts 2.3 John Locke and "tacit" consent.
2.4 John Rawls and "hypothetical" consent. 2.5 T.M. Scanlon and
unreasonable rejection 2.6 Bernard Mandeville and The Fable of the Bees
Chapter 3: Egoism 3.1 Egoism versus Altruism 3.2 Psychological Egoism 3.3
Rational Egoism 3.4 Nietzsche and the Genealogy of Morality 3.5 The
Nietzschean ideal 3.6 Desires and interests Chapter 4: Hedonism 4.1 Egoism
and Hedonism 4.2 The Cyrenaics 4.3 The Epicureans 4.4 John Stuart Mill on
Higher and Lower Pleasures 4.5 Sadistic pleasures 4.6 Aristotle on Pleasure
Chapter 5: Naturalism and Virtue 5.1 Eudaimonia and the Good 5.2 Human
Nature as Rational Animal 5.3 Ethics, Ethology and Evolution 5.4 Virtue
Theory 5.5 The Natural as a Norm 5.6 Is the "good for man" good? 5.7
Natural good and freedom Chapter 6: Existentialism 6.1 Kierkegaard and the
origins of existentialism 6.2 Sartre and Radical Freedom 6.3 Anguish and
Bad Faith 6.4 The Absurdity of Existence 6.5 Acting in Good Faith 6.6 The
Creation of Value 6.7 Radical Freedom Chapter 7: Kantianism 7.1 Virtue and
Happiness: "Faring Well" and "Doing Right" 7.2 Kant and the Good Will 7.3
David Hume and Practical Reason 7.5 Pure Practical Reason and the Moral Law
7.6 Universalizability Chapter 8: Utilitarianism 8.1 Utility and the
Greatest Happiness Principle 8.2 Jeremy Bentham 8.3 Egotism, Altruism and
Generalized Benevolence 8.4 Act and Rule Utilitarianism 8.5 Utilitarianism
and Consequentialism 8.6 Ascertaining Consequences 8.7 Assessment and
Prescription 8.8 Consequentialism and Spontaneity 8.9 Act and Rule 8.10
Summary - Does the End Justify the Means? 8.11 The Nature of Happiness 8.12
Measuring Happiness 8.13 Distributing happiness 8.13 Mill's "proof" and
preference utilitarianism 8.14 Motivation and the limitless moral code
Chapter 9: Ethics and Environment 9.1 Extending the Moral Sphere 9.2
Pollution, Sustainability and Climatic Change 9.3 The Land Ethic 9.4 Deep
and Shallow Ecology 9.5 Wilderness 9.6 Nature and Gaia Chapter 10: Ethics,
Religion and the Meaning of Life 10.1 Morality and Ordinary Life 10.2 God
and Good: Plato's Euthyphro 10.3 Kant and the Harmony of Happiness and
Virtue 10.4 Moral Action and Religious Practice 10.5 The Myth of Sisyphus
10.6 Subjective Value and Objective Purpose 10.7 Life, Time and Eternity
10.8 Worship of the Sacred Readings for Chapter 1: Treatise of Human Nature
(excerpt) by David Hume Essays on the Active Powers of Man (excerpt) by
Thomas Reid Readings for Chapter 2: "The Second Treatise of Government"
(excerpt) by John Locke "Of the Original Contract" by David Hume "Justice
as Fairness" by John Rawls Readings for Chapter 3: The Republic (excerpt)
by Plato Twilight of the Idols (excerpt) by Friedrich Nietzsche Readings
for Chapter 4: "The Epicurean" by David Hume Nicomachean Ethics, Book X by
Aristotle "The Letter to Menoeceus" by Epicurus Readings for Chapter 5:
Nicomachean Ethics, Books I & II, Aristotle Readings for Chapter 6:
Existentialism is a Humanism (excerpt), Jean-Paul Sartre Readings for
Chapter 7: "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" (excerpt) by Immanuel
Kant Readings for Chapter 8: Utilitarianism (excerpt) by John Stuart Mill
Readings for Chapter 9: "The Land Ethic" by Aldo Leopold "A Personal View
of Environmentalism" by James Lovelock Readings for Chapter 10: Euthyphro
by Plato Critique of Practical Reason (excerpt) by Immanuel Kant "The Myth
of Sisyphus" (excerpt) by Albert Camus