The Ethical Life

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Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Theory

by Russ Shafer-Landau

6th Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Print ISBN	9780197697627
eText ISBN	9780197697641
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publishing Year	2023
Edition	6th Edition
Language	English
Pages	640

The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Theory, 6th Edition, edited by Russ Shafer-Landau, is an anthology published by Oxford University Press. This volume gathers primary philosophical selections to support student analysis of moral principles, ethical theories, and practical dilemmas.

The collection balances classic writings with contemporary philosophical inquiry. Primary works by historical thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Thomas Hobbes introduce enduring frameworks of right conduct. Modern contributions from philosophers such as Philippa Foot, Robert Nozick, Susan Wolf, Peter Singer, and Judith Jarvis Thomson address questions regarding well-being, moral obligation, and ethical status across individual and social dimensions.

Each selection includes detailed reading introductions that provide contextual information for readers. This editorial feature assists learners in analyzing complex primary texts across historical traditions and modern philosophical debates.

Chapter PART I: The Good Life
Chapter 1: John Stuart Mill Hedonism
Chapter 2: Robert Nozick The Experience Machine
Chapter 3: Chris Heathwood Faring Well and Getting What You Want
Chapter 4: Brad Hooker The Elements of Well-Being
Chapter 5: Susan Wolf Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life
Chapter PART II: Normative Ethics: Theories of Right Conduct
Chapter 6: Plato Euthyphro
Chapter 7: Thomas Aquinas Natural Law
Chapter 8: John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism
Chapter 9: Immanuel Kant The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative
Chapter 10: Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
Chapter 11: W. D. Ross What Makes Right Acts Right?
Chapter 12: Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
Chapter 13: Hilde Lindemann What Is Feminist Ethics?
Chapter PART III: Metaethics: The Status of Morality
Chapter 14: David Hume Moral Distinctions not Derived from Reason
Chapter 15: J. L. Mackie The Subjectivity of Values
Chapter 16: Diane Jeske Cultural Relativism
Chapter 17: David Enoch Why I am an Objectivist about Ethics (and Why You Are, Too)
Chapter 18: Sarah McGrath Moral Knowledge
Chapter PART IV: Moral Problems
Chapter 19: Kwame Anthony Appiah What Will Future Generations Condemn Us For?
Chapter 20: Peter Singer The Singer Solution to World Poverty
Chapter 21: Onora O'Neill A Kantian Approach to Famine Relief
Chapter 22: Jason Brennan International Aid: Not the Cure You Were Hoping For
Chapter 23: James Rachels The Morality of Euthanasia
Chapter 24: John Harris The Survival Lottery
Chapter 25: Christopher Heath Wellman Refugees and the Right to Control Immigration
Chapter 26: Javier Hidalgo Open Borders
Chapter 27: Nick Zangwill Our Moral Duty to Eat Meat
Chapter 28: Alastair Norcross Puppies, Pigs and People: Eating Meat and Marginal Cases
Chapter 29: John Broome The Public and Private Morality of Climate Change
Chapter 30: Thomas Hill, Jr. Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments
Chapter 31: Judith Jarvis Thomson A Defense of Abortion
Chapter 32: Don Marquis Why Abortion is Immoral
Chapter 33: Philippa Foot Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect
Chapter 34: Igor Primoratz Justifying Legal Punishment
Chapter 35: Stephen Nathanson An Eye for an Eye?
Chapter 36: Jeff McMahan Why Gun 'Control' Is Not Enough
Chapter 37: Michael Huemer Is There a Right to Own a Gun?
Chapter 38: Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham City Jail
Chapter 39: Daniel Hausman Affirmative Action: Bad Arguments and Some Good Ones
Chapter 40: Peggy McIntosh White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Chapter 41: Chandran Kukathas Who? Whom? Reparations and the Problem of Agency
Chapter 42: Douglas Husak In Favor of Drug Decriminalization
Chapter 43: Peter de Marneffe Against the Legalization of Drugs
Chapter 44: Michael Sandel The Case against Perfection
Chapter 45: Julian Savulescu Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Enhancement of Human Beings
Chapter 46: Christin Scarlett Milloy Don't Let the Doctor Do This to Your Newborn
Chapter 47: Kathleen Stock Ignoring Differences between Men and Women is the Wrong Way to Address Gender Dysphoria
Chapter 48: Sophie-Grace Chappell How (Not) to Talk about, and to, Trans Women