Ethical theory : an anthology / edited by Russ Shafer-Landau.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part IThe Status of Morality--Introduction--1Of the Influencing Motives of the Will and Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason--David Hume 2A Critique of Ethics A.J. Ayer 3The Subjectivity of Values J.L. Mackie 4Ethics and Observation Gilbert Harman 5Moral Relativism Defended Gilbert Harman 6The Subject-Matter of Ethics G.E. Moore 7Trying Out One\'s New Sword Mary Midgley 8Ethics as Philosophy: A Defense of Moral Realism Russ Shafer-Landau 9Realism Michael Smith Part IIMoral Knowledge Introduction 10Thinking about Cases Shelley Kagan 11But I Could Be Wrong George Sher 12Proof Renford Brambrough 13Moral Knowledge and Ethical Pluralism Robert Audi 14Coherentism and the Justification of Moral Beliefs Geoffrey Sayre-McCord Part IIIWhy Be Moral? Introduction 15The Immoralist\'s Challenge Plato 16Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives Philippa Foot 17The Reconciliation Project Gregory Kavka 18Moral Rationalism Russ Shafer-Landau 19Psychological Egoism Joel Feinberg 20Flourishing Egoism Lester Hunt 21Ethical Egoism James Rachels 22Moral Saints Susan Wolf Part IVEthics and Religion Introduction 23Euthyphro Plato 24A New Divine Command Theory Robert Merrihew Adams 25God and Objective Morality: A Debate William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 26God and Immortality as Postulates of Pure Practical Reason Immanuel Kant 27God and the Moral Order C. Stephen Layman 28God and Morality Erik Wielenberg Part VValue 000 Introduction 29Hedonism John Stuart Mill 30The Experience Machine Robert Nozick 31The Good Life: A Defense of Attitudinal Hedonism Fred Feldman 32The Informed Desire Account James Griffin 33Desire and the Human Good Richard Kraut 34What Things are Good? W.D. Ross 35What Makes Someone\'s Life Go Best Derek Parfit Part VIMoral Responsibility Introduction 36Determinism and the Theory of Agency Richard Taylor 37The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility Galen Strawson 38Freedom and Necessity A.J. Ayer 39Moral Luck Thomas Nagel 40Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility Susan Wolf 41Freedom and Resentment Peter Strawson Part VIIMoral Standing Introduction 42We Have No Duties to Animals Immanuel Kant 43All Animals are Equal . . . Peter Singer 44The Rights of Animals and Unborn Generations Joel Feinberg 45On Being Morally Considerable Kenneth Goodpaster 46Abortion and Infanticide Michael Tooley 47An Argument that Abortion is Wrong Don Marquis Part VIIIConsequentialism Introduction 48Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill 49The Consequentialist Perspective William Shaw 50Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism J.J.C. Smart 51Rule-Consequentialism Brad Hooker 52What is Wrong with Slavery R.M. Hare 53Famine, Affluence and Morality Peter Singer 54The Survival Lottery John Harris Part IXDeontology Introduction 55Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Immanuel Kant 56Kant�s Principle of Universal Law Christine Korsgaard 57Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems Onora O\'Neill 58The Rationality of Side Constraints Robert Nozick 59The Golden Rule Rationalized Alan Gewirth 60The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect Philippa Foot 61Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem Judith Jarvis Thomson Part XContractarianism Introduction 62Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 63Why Contractarianism? David Gauthier 64A Theory of Justice John Rawls 65Contractualism and Utilitarianism T.M. Scanlon Part XIVirtue Ethics Introduction 66The Nature of Virtue Aristotle 67Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach Martha Nussbaum 68Normative Virtue Ethics Rosalind Hursthouse 69Agent-Based Virtue Ethics Michael Slote 70A Virtue Ethical Account of Right Action Christine Swanton 71Being Virtuous and Doing the Right Thing Julia Annas Part XIIPrima Facie Duties and Particularism Introduction 72What Makes Right Acts Right? W.D. Ross 73An Unconnected Heap of Duties? David McNaughton 74An Unprincipled Morality Jonathan Dancy 75On Knowing the Why: Particularism and Moral Theory Margaret Olivia Little 76Unprincipled Ethics 000 Gerald Dworkin