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A Companion to Ethics

edited by Peter Singer

Overview:

47 philosophers survey ethics. Well organised collection of essays, good content listing and two level index.

I The Roots: looking back to, and beyond, the earliest documented ethical systems

II The Great Ethical Traditions: overviews of Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Jewish, Christian and Islamic ethics.

III Western Philosophical Ethics: A Short History from ancient Greece through Medieval and Renaissance ethics to modern moral philosophy.

IV How Ought I to Live? Ten theories that attempt to answer the fundamental practical questions of ethics.

V Applications The application of ethical reasoning to 12 specific areas of practical concern.

VI The Nature of Ethics 10 essays on meta-ethics addressing methodological or epistemological issues concerning ethics

VII Challenge and Critique A rag bag of challenges to, or problems for, ethical systems.

The Roots:

looking back to, and beyond, the earliest documented ethical systems

1 The origin of ethics:

2 Ethics in small scale societies:

3 Ancient ethics:

The Great Ethical Traditions:

overviews of Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Jewish, Christian and Islamic ethics.

4 Indian ethics:

5 Buddhist ethics:

6 Classical Chinese ethics:

7 Jewish ethics:

8 Christian ethics:

9 Islamic ethics:

Western Philosophical Ethics: A Short History

from ancient Greece through Medieval and Renaissance ethics to modern moral philosophy.

10 Ethics in ancient Greece:

11 Medieval and Renaissance ethics:

12 Modern moral philosophy:

How Ought I to Live?

Theories that attempt to answer the fundamental practical questions of ethics.

13 Natural law:

14 Kantian ethics:

15 The social contract tradition:

16 Egoism:

17 Contemporary deontology:

18 An ethic of prima facie duties:

19 Consequentialism:

20 Utility and the good:

21 Virtue theory:

22 Rights:

Applications:

The application of ethical reasoning to specific areas of practical concern.

23 World poverty:

24 Environmental ethics:

25 Euthanasia:

26 Abortion:

27 Sex:

28 Personal relationships:

29 Equality, discrimination and preferential treatment:

30 Animals:

31 Business ethics:

32 Crime and punishment:

33 Politics and :

34 :

The Nature of Ethics:

Essays on meta-ethics, addressing methodological or epistemological issues concerning ethics.

35 Realism:

36 Intuitionism:

37 Naturalism:

38 Subjectivism:

39 Relativism:

40 Universal prescriptivism:

41 Morality and psychological development:

42 Method and moral theory:

Challenge and Critique:

A rag bag of challenges to, or problems for, ethical systems.

43 The idea of a female ethic:

44 The significance of evolution:

45 Marx against morality:

46 How could ethics depend on religion?

47 The implications of determinism:

created 1998/01/18 modified 1998/01/19