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  • The Right Thing To Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy

    The Right Thing To Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy by Rachels, James; Rachels, Stuart;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 5
    • Publisher McGraw-Hill Higher Education
    • Date of Publication 1 September 2009

    • ISBN 9780071267847
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages pages
    • Language English
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    This collection of readings in moral theory and moral issues from major Western philosophers is the ideal companion reader for James Rachels' text The Elements of Moral Philosophy. The anthology explores further the theories and issues introduced in that volume, in their original and classic formulations. The collection can stand on its own as the text for a course in moral philosophy, or it can be used to supplement any introductory text.





    This fifth edition contains new essays about prostitution, monogamy, date rape, terrorism, torture, genetic engineering, and the atomic bombings of Japan.

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    Table of Contents:

    *Contents are preliminary*




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    Preface

    1. A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, James Rachels

    2. Some Basic Points about Arguments, James Rachels


    UTILITARIANISM

    3. Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill

    4. Utilitarianism and Integrity, Bernard Williams

    5. The Experience Machine, Robert Nozick


    OTHER THEORETICAL ESSAYS

    6. The Subjectivity of Values, J.L. Mackie

    7. The Categorical Imperative, Immanuel Kant

    8. The Virtues, Aristotle

    *9. Master Morality and Slave Morality, Fredrich Nietzsche

    *10. Caring Relations and Principles of Justice, Virginia Held




    ABORTION

    11. Why Abortion is Immoral, Don Marquis

    12. A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson

    *13. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion / Postscript on Infanticide, Mary Ann Warren






    ANIMALS

    14. All Animals Are Equal, Peter Singer

    Torturing Puppies and Eating Meat: It's All in Good Taste, Alastair Norcross

    16. Do Animals Have Rights?, Tibor R. Machan


    STARVATION

    17. 9/11 and Starvation, Mylan Engel, Jr.

    18. The Singer Solution to World Poverty, Peter Singer


    WAR, TERRORISM AND TORTURE

    19. The Ethics of War and Peace, Douglas P. Lackey

    20. Fifty Years After Hiroshima, John Rawls

    21. What is Wrong with Terrorism?, Thomas Nagal

    *22. The War on Terrorism and the End of Human Rights, David Luban

    23. Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb David Luban


    The Death Penalty

    *24. A Defense of the Death Penalty, Louis P. Pojam

    *25. Why The United States Will Join the Rest of the World in Abandoning Capital Punishment, Stephen B. Bright


    SEX AND DRUGS

    26. America’s Unjust Drug War, Michael Huemer

    27. Is Homosexuality Unnatural?, Burton M. Leiser

    28. Monogamy: A Critique, John Murtry

    29. Our Sexual Ethics, Bertrand Russell

    30. Alcohol and Rape, Nicholas Dixon



    RACE

    31. Letter from the Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.

    32. Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?, Peter Singer

    33. In Defense of Quotas, James Rachels


    BIOETHICS

    34. The Morality of Euthanasia, James Rachels

    35. Assisted Suicide: Pro-Choice or Anti-Life?, Richard Doerflinger

    *36. The New Eugenics, Matt Ridley

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