The right thing to do : basic readings in moral philosophy / edited by James Rachels and Stuart Rachels.
| Other author | Rachels, James, 1941-2003. |
| Other author | Rachels, Stuart, 1969- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 4th ed. |
| Publication Info | Boston : McGraw-Hill, ©2007. |
| Description | vi, 313 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A short introduction to moral philosophy / James Rachels -- Some basic points about arguments / James Rachels -- The subjectivity of values / J.L. Mackie -- The virtues / Aristotle -- Ethics and natural law / Saint Thomas Aquinas -- The social contract / Thomas Hobbes -- Morality as based on sentiment / David Hume -- Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill -- The categorical imperative / Immanuel Kant -- Why abortion is immoral / Don Marquis -- A defense of abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- Will cloning harm people / Gregory E. Pence -- Is homosexuality unnatural? / Burton M. Leiser -- 9/11 and starvation / Mylan Engel, Jr. -- The singer solution to world poverty / Peter Singer -- Utilitarianism and integrity / Bernard Williams -- The morality of euthanasia / James Rachels -- Assisted suicide : pro-choice or anti-life? / Richard Doerflinger -- All animals are equal / Peter Singer -- Do animals have rights? / Tibor R. Machan |
| Contents | The immorality of SUVs and trucks / Douglas Husak -- Preserving the environment / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- The ethics of war and peace / Douglas P. Lackey -- In defense of the death penalty / Ernest van den Haag -- The case against the death penalty / Hugo A. Bedau -- America's unjust drug war / Michael Huemer -- The experience machine / Robert Nozick -- The feminist revelation / Christina Hoff Sommers -- Is racial discrimination arbitrary? / Peter Singer -- Letter from the Birmingham City Jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- In defense of quotas / James Rachels. |
| Abstract | 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. -- from publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
| LCCN | 2006041045 |
| ISBN | 0073125466 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780073125466 |
| ISBN | 9780071107297 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0071107290 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0072476915 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780072476910 |