Ethics: Contemporary Readings is designed to lead any student into the subject and does so through carefully selected classic and contemporary articles. The book includes articles by the leading figures in the field and provides an excellent entry to the topic. The book complements Harry Gensler's Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge 1998).

Articles are arranged under the following headings:
* Initial Approaches to Morality
* Further Approaches to Morality
* Ethical Methodology
* Normative Theory
* Applied Ethics

Articles by the following thinkers are included:
Benedict Gensler Tokmenko Hume
Nagel C.S. Lewis G.E. Moore W.D. Ross
A.J. Ayer J.L. Mackie R.M. Hare Sartre
Frankena Habermas Kant Hetzler
Ricoeur Nietzsche Luther King Kohlberg
J.S. Mill J.J.C. Smart Williams Brandt
W.D. Ross Finnis Rawls Nozick
Aristotle MacIntyre Slote Thomson
Callahan Singer O'Neill Callicott

The volume is prefaced by two extensive introductions by the editors and each article is also situated by an explanatory passage. This volume will be ideal for any student taking a course or module in ethics.

Ethics: Contemporary Readings is designed to lead any student into the subject, through carefully selected classic and contemporary articles. The book includes articles by the leading figures in the field and provides an excellent entry to the topic. The book complements Harry Gensler's Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 1998).

Moral issues and questions abound in daily life. Media outlets frequently raise awareness of many, such as those concerning individuals' right to privacy. The same venues seldom, if ever, raise awareness of others, such as moral issues and questions concerning our fantasies. Regardless of the level of publicity various venues afford particular moral matters, most people who become aware of those matters find many interesting and important. A problem most encounter, however, is determining the criteria through which they should approach the moral matters they wish to engage. Ethicists have long sought a moral theory that would provide the desired criteria, but most will grant readily that those efforts have not produced a generally-accepted theory. This book presents the author's case that a kind of moral liberalism is the theory we should use to engage daily life's moral matters. The author presents a conception of moral liberalism, argues that it is the best approach to practical morality in a plural society, and applies it to several of morality's practical matters.

The A to Z of Ethics covers a very broad range of ethical topics, including ethical theories, historical periods, historical figures, applied ethics, ethical issues, ethical concepts, non-Western approaches, and related disciplines. Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin tackle such issues as abortion, capital punishment, stem cell research, and terrorism while also explaining key theories like utilitarianism, natural law, social contract, and virtue ethics. This reference provides a complete overview of ethics through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries, including bioethics, business ethics, Aristotle, Hobbes, autonomy, confidentiality, Confucius, and psychology.

The Historical Dictionary of Ethics covers a very broad range of ethical topics, including ethical theories, historical periods, historical figures, applied ethics, ethical issues, ethical concepts, non-Western approaches, and related disciplines. Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin tackle such issues as abortion, capital punishment, stemcell research, and terrorism while also explaining key theories like utilitarianism, natural law, social contract, and virtue ethics. This reference provides a complete overview of ethics through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries, including bioethics, business ethics, Aristotle, Hobbes, autonomy, confidentiality, Confucius, and psychology.