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008 080630s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008029061
020 $a9780195335965 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0195335961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
024 $a99821939115
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn232979742
035 $a(OCoLC)232979742
035 $a(NNC)6915782
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050 00 $aBJ1012$b.E8944 2009
082 00 $a170$222
245 00 $aEthics :$bhistory, theory, and contemporary issues /$cedited by Steven M. Cahn, Peter Markie.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axv, 935 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 1 $a"The most comprehensive collection of its kind, Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues, Fourth Edition, is essentially three books in one. Its sixty-seven selections are organized into three parts, providing instructors with great flexibility in designing and teaching a variety of courses in moral philosophy. Spanning 2,500 years of ethical theory, the first part, Historical Sources, ranges from ancient Greece to the twentieth century. It moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus) through medieval views (Augustine and Aquinas) to modern theories (Hobbes, Butler, Hume, Kant, Bentham, and Mill), culminating with leading nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers (Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre). The second part, Modern Ethical Theory, includes many of the most important essays of the past century. The discussion of utilitarianism, Kantianism, egoism, and relativism continues in the work of major contemporary philosophers (Foot, Brandt, Williams, Wolf, and Nagel). Landmark selections (Moore, Prichard, Ross, Ayer, Stevenson, Hare, Baier, Anscombe, Mackie, Gauthier, and Harman) reflect concern with moral language and the justification of morality. The concepts of justice (Rawls) and rights (Feinberg) are explored, as well as recent views on cultural relativism (Rachels) and an ethic influenced by feminist concerns (Held). In the third part, Contemporary Moral Problems, the readings present the current debates over abortion, euthanasia, famine relief, animal rights, and - for the first time in this edition - environmentalism and the use of torture in interrogations. Part III concludes with two new essays on death and the meaning of life. Wherever possible, each reading is printed in its entirety."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEthics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045096
700 1 $aCahn, Steven M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50032838
700 1 $aMarkie, Peter J.,$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85337131
852 00 $boff,glx$hBJ1012$i.E8944 2009