Morality and the good life
Subtitle: an introduction to ethics through classical sources
By: Robert C. Solomon, Clancy Martin, Wayne Vaught.
Contributors: Martin, Clancy W.; Vaught, Wayne.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780073407425
Subjects: Ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What is ethics?; title: Ethics and religion; title: The history of ethics; title: Ethical questions; title: What is the good life?; title: Why be good : the problem of justification; title: Why be rational : the place of reason in ethics; title: Which is right : ethical dilemmas; title: Ethical concepts; title: Universality; title: Prudence and morals; title: Happiness and the good; title: Egoism and altruism; title: Virtue and the virtues; title: Facts and values; title: Justice and equality; title: Rights and duties; title: Ethical theories and approaches; title: Teleology; title: Utilitarianism; title: Kant and deontology; title: Social contract theory; title: Ethical relativism; title: Pluralism and history; title: Feminist ethics; title: Prologue : ethics and religion; title: The Hebrew Bible; title: The Ten commandments; title: The New Testament; title: The Qur'an; title: Ancient Asia; title: India : Hinduism and Buddhism; title: Buddhism; title: China : Confucianism and Taoism; title: China : Taoism; title: Plato; title: Aristotle; title: Epicurus; title: Augustine; title: Thomas Hobbes; title: David Hume; title: Immanuel Kant; title: Mary Wollstonecraft; title: John Stuart Mill; title: Friedrich Nietzsche; title: John Rawls.