Description
Book SynopsisPresents the central texts in the history of moral philosophy. This volume includes some classics from other traditions such as the debate between the two Confucians, Mencius and Hsun Tzu, and the early chapters from The Bhagavad Gita.
Table of ContentsSeries Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. Plato, Gorgias, 482-4, 488-500.
2. Aristole, Nicomachhean Ethics, Book I.
3. Epicurus, 'Letter to Menoeceus' and 'Leading Doctrines'.
4. Mencius, 'Human Nature is Good': Hsun Tzu, 'Man’s Nature is Evil'.
5. The Book of Change Tzu, Chapters 9, 13-14.
6. The Bhagavad Gita, Chapters 1-5.
7. Santideva, The Bodhicaryavatara, Chapter 8 (Verses 89-140).
Tsongkapa and Pabongka Rinpoche, 'The Second Path'.
8. St Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, Questions 55, 58, 61-3.
9. Joseph Butler, Sermon 'Upon the Love of Our Neighbour'.
10. David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book III, Part I (Sections 1-2).
11. Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, Preface and Section I.
12. Sören Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, Problems I.
13. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 2.
14. Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, First Essay, Sections 2-14, 16.
15. G.E. Moore, Principia Ethica, Chapter I, Sections 1-2, 5-15.
16. W.D. Ross, The Right and the Good, Chapter 2.
17. Charles L. Stevenson, 'The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms'.
Index.
