Ethics : the big questions / edited by James P. Sterba.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [vii]-ix).

pt. I. The nature of morality : what is morality?--Morality as a good in itself / Plato--The emotive theory of morality / A.J. Ayer--The new subjectivism in morality / Brand Blanshard--How to derive "ought" from "is" / John R. Searle--On not deriving "ought" from "is" / Antony Flew--Moral beliefs / Philippa Foot--Moral disagreement today and the claims of emotivism / Alasdair MacIntyre--pt. II. The justification of morality : why be moral?--On reason and the emotions / David Hume--The justificatory argument for human rights / Alan Gewirth--The sources of normativity / Christine M. Korsgaard--The justification of morality and the behavior or women / James P. Sterba--The rational justification of morality revisited/ Alan Gewirth--Morality as a system of hypothetical imperatives / Philippa Foot
pt. III. Alternative moral perspectives : what does morality require?--Utility--Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill--Against utilitarianism / Bernard Williams--Traditional morality and utilitarianism / Kai Nielsen--The schizophrenia of modern ethical theories / Michael Stocker--Alienation, consequentialism, and the demands of morality / Peter Railton--Duty--Duty and categorical rules / Immanuel Kant--Kantian ethics / Fred Feldman--Kant on dealing with evil / Christine M. Korsgaard--Liberty and equality : a question of balance? / Jan Narveson--Our basic human right is a right to liberty and it leads to equality / James P. Sterba--Welfare liberalism / John Rawls--Race and the social contract tradition / Charles W. Mills--Virtue--The virtuous life / Aristotle--Non-relative virtues : an Aristotelian approach / Martha Nussbaum--The nature of virtues / Alasdair MacIntyre--Normative virtue ethics / Rosalind Hursthouse--Teleology, Aristotelian virtue, and right / Sean Drysdale Walsh--Ancient ethics and modern morality / Julia Annas
--pt. IV. Challenges for morality--Feminism : how is gender relevant to morality?--Equality for men and women / Musonius Rufus--Moral orientation and moral development / Carol Gilligan--Caring relations and principles of justice / Virginia Held--Particular justice and general care / Claudia Card--The masculine bias in traditional ethics and how to correct it / James P. Sterba--Environmentalism : who is to count in morality?--Chimpanzee justice / Frans De Waal--All animals are equal / Peter Singer--The ethics of respect for nature / Paul W. Taylor--Kantians and utilitarians and the moral status of nonhuman life / James P. Sterba--The power and promise of ecological feminism / Karen J. Warren--Multiculturalism : morality from whose cultural perspective?--A modern clash of cultures / Ayaan Hirsi Ali--Can Islam liberate women? / Madeleine Bunting--Freedom and democracy / George W. Bush--Understanding the Bush doctrine / Noam Chomsky.