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1. A short introduction to moral philosophy / James Rachels -- 2. Some basic points about arguments / James Rachels -- pt. I. Theories about the nature of morality -- 3. Cultural relativism / William Graham Sumner -- 4. The virtues / Aristotle -- 5. Ethics and natural law / Saint Thomas Aquinas -- 6. The social contract / Thomas Hobbes -- 7. Morality as based on sentiment / David Hume -- 8. Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill -- 9. The categorical imperative / Immanuel Kant -- 10. The idea of a female ethic / Jean Grimshaw -- pt. II. Essays about moral issues -- 11. The moral and legal status of abortion / Mary Anne Warren -- 12. Why abortion is immoral / Don Marquis -- 13. Will cloning harm people? / Gregory E. Pence -- 14. Gay basics : some questions, facts, and values / Richard D. Mohr -- 15. Is homosexuality unnatural? / Burton M. Leiser -- 16. The Singer solution to world poverty / Peter Singer -- 17. Feeding the hungry / Jan Narveson -- 18. The morality of euthanasia / James Rachels -- 19. Assisted suicide : pro-choice or anti-life? / Richard Doerflinger -- 20. Why we have no obligations to animals / Immanuel Kant -- 21. All animals are equal / Peter Singer -- 22. Preserving the environment / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- 23. The ethics of war and peace / Douglas P. Lackey -- 24. The case against the death penalty / Hugo A. Bedau -- 25. In defense of the death penalty / Ernst van den Haag -- 26. Should drugs be legalized? / Milton Friedman, William J. Bennett -- 27. Sexism / Marilyn Frye -- 28. Racisms / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- 29. Letter from the Birmingham city jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 30. The justification of civil disobedience / John Rawls. |
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