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Informationen zum Autor James Rachels is University Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Moral Problems (1990), Created for Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism (1991), and The Elements of Moral Philosophy (1993). Klappentext This second volume of Ethical Theory deals with philosophical theories about how we ought to live! including utilitarianism! social contract theory! rights theory! virtue theory! and the New Kantianism. Zusammenfassung This text deals with philosophical theories about how we ought to live, including utilitarianism, social contract theory, rights theory, virtue theory, and the "New Kantianism". Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: W. D. Ross: What Makes Action Right? 2: J. J. C. Smart: Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism 3: Robert M. Adams: Motive Utilitarianism 4: James Cargile: On Consequentialism 5: John Rawls: Justice as Fairness 6: T. M. Scanlon: Contractualism and Utilitarianism 7: David Gauthier: Why Contractarianism? 8: J. L. Mackie: Can There be a Right-Based Moral Theory? 9: Derek Parfit: Later Selves and Moral Principles 10: Bernard Williams: Persons, Character, and Morality 11: Edmund Pincoffs: Quandary Ethics 12: Gregory W. Trianosky: Supererogation, Wrongdoing, and Vice 13: Peter Railton: Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality 14: Onora O'Neill: Consistency in Action 15: Christine M. Korsgaard: The Right to Lie: Kant on Dealing with Evil 16: Thomas Nagel: The Fragmentation of Value Notes on the Contributors Select Bibliography Index
