{"product_id":"theories-of-ethics-9780415999472","title":"Theories of Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheories of Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a radical revision of Gordon Grahamâs \u003cem\u003eEight Theories of Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e (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 Ald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1: Ethics, Truth and Reason\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2: Contractualism\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3: Egoism\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4: Hedonism\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5: Naturalism and Virtue\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6: Existentialism\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7: Kantianism\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8: Utilitarianism\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9: Ethics and Environment\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10: Ethics, Religion and the Meaning of Life\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.1 Morality and Ordinary Life 10.2 God and Good: Plato’s \u003cem\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 1\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eTreatise of Human Nature\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt) by David Hume \u003cem\u003eEssays on the Active Powers of Man\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt) by Thomas Reid \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 2\u003c\/strong\u003e: “The Second Treatise of Government” (excerpt) by John Locke “Of the Original Contract” by David Hume “Justice as Fairness” by John Rawls \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 3\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt) by Plato \u003cem\u003eTwilight of the Idols\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt) by Friedrich Nietzsche \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 4\u003c\/strong\u003e: “The Epicurean” by David Hume \u003cem\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e, Book X by Aristotle “The Letter to Menoeceus” by Epicurus \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 5\u003c\/strong\u003e: Nicom\u003cem\u003eachean Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e, Books I \u0026amp; II, Aristotle \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 6\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eExistentialism is a Humanism\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt), Jean-Paul Sartre \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 7\u003c\/strong\u003e: “Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals” (excerpt) by Immanuel Kant \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 8\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eUtilitarianism\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt) by John Stuart Mill \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 9\u003c\/strong\u003e: “The Land Ethic” by Aldo Leopold “A Personal View of Environmentalism” by James Lovelock \u003cstrong\u003eReadings for Chapter 10\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/em\u003e by Plato \u003cem\u003eCritique of Practical Reason\u003c\/em\u003e (excerpt) by Immanuel Kant “The Myth of Sisyphus” (excerpt) by Albert Camus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195196010839,"sku":"9780415999472","price":48.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415999472.jpg?v=1763646708","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theories-of-ethics-9780415999472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}