Ethics: Contemporary Readings: Contemporary Readings

Ethics: Contemporary Readings is designed to lead any student into the subject and does so through carefully selected classic and contemporary articles. The book includes articles by the leading figures in the field and provides an excellent entry to the topic. The book complements Harry Gensler’s Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge 1998). Articles are arranged under the following headings: Initial Approaches to Morality Further Approaches to Morality Ethical Methodology Normative Theory Applied Ethics Articles by the following thinkers are included: Benedict Gensler Tokmenko Hume Nagel C.S. Lewis G.E. Moore W.D. Ross A.J. Ayer J.L. Mackie R.M. Hare Sartre Frankena Habermas Kant Hetzler Ricoeur Nietzsche Luther King Kohlberg J.S. Mill J.J.C. Smart Williams Brandt W.D. Ross Finnis Rawls Nozick Aristotle MacIntyre Slote Thomson Callahan Singer O'Neill Callicott The volume is prefaced by two extensive introductions by the editors and each article is also situated by an explanatory passage. This volume will be ideal for any student taking a course or module in ethics.