A Companion to Ethics

In this volume, some of today's most distinguished philosophers survey the whole field of ethics, from its origins, through the great ethical traditions, to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues, and the nature of ethics itself. The book can be read straight through from beginning to end; yet the inclusion of a multi-layered index, coupled with a descriptive outline of contents and bibliographies of relevant literature, means that the volume also serves as a work of reference, both for those coming afresh to the study of ethics and for readers already familiar with the subject. Introduction / Peter Singer The origin of ethics / Mary Midgley Ethics in small-scale societies / George Silberbauer Ancient ethics / Gerald A. Larue Indian ethics / Purusottama Bilimoria Buddhist ethics / Padmasiri De Silva Classical Chinese ethics / Chad Hansen Jewish ethics / Menachem Kellner Christian ethics / Ronald Preston Islamic ethics / Azim Nanji Ethics in ancient Greece / Christopher Rowe Medieval and Renaissance ethics / John Haldane Modern moral philosophy / J.B. Schneewind Natural law / Stephen Buckle Kantian ethics / Onora O'Neill The social contract tradition / Will Kymlicka Egoism / Kurt Baier Contemporary deontology / Nancy (Ann) Davis An ethic of prima facie duties / Jonathan Dancy Consequentialism / Philip Pettit Utility and the good / Robert E. Goodin Virtue theory / Greg Pence Rights / Brenda Almond World poverty / Nigel Dower Environmental ethics / Robert Elliot Euthanasia / Helga Kuhse Abortion / Mary Anne Warren Sex / Raymond A. Belliotti Personal relationships / Hugh Lafollette Equality, discrimination and preferential treatment / Bernard R. Boxill Animals / Lori Gruen Business ethics / Robert C. Solomon Crime and punishment / C.L. Ten Politics and the problem of dirty hands / C.A.J. Coady War and peace / Jeff McMahan Realism / Michael Smith Intuitionism / Jonathan Dancy Naturalism / Charles R. Pigden Subjectivism / James Rachels Relativism / David Wong Universal prescriptivism / R.M. Hare Morality and psychological development / Laurence Thomas Method and moral theory / Dale Jamieson The idea of a female ethic / Jean Grimshaw The. significance of evolution / Michael Ruse Marx against morality / Allen Wood How could ethics depend on religion? / Jonathan Berg The implications of determinism / Robert Young Afterword / Peter Singer. "In this volume, some of today's most distinguished philosophers survey the whole field of ethics, from its origins, through the great ethical traditions, to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues, and the nature of ethics itself. The book can be read straight through from beginning to end; yet the inclusion of a multi-layered index, coupled with a descriptive outline of contents and bibliographies of relevant literature, means that the volume also serves as a work of reference, both for those coming afresh to the study of ethics and for readers already familiar with the subject." -- Book Jacket In this volume, some of todaya s most distinguished philosophers survey the whole field of ethics, from its origins, through the great ethical traditions, to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues, and the nature of ethics itself. Consisting of 47 long entries, this volume surveys the whole field of ethics from the origins of the subject, through the great ethical traditions to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues and the nature of ethics itself.