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Consider ethics : theory, readings, and contemporary issues. Consider ethics : theory, readings and contemporary issues. Act- vs. Utiliatarians and the Quality of Pleasures. Criticisms of Utilitarian Ethics. The Uses of Utilitarian Ethics. Opposition to Utilitarianism. Reading: Mill, What Utilitarianism Is. Framing the Social Contract.

Gauthier's Contractarian Ethics. Reading: Hobbes, Leviathan. Exercises 6. Egoism, Relativism, and Pragmatism. Readings: Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope. Exercises 7. Virtue Ethics. The Distinctive Focus of Virtue Ethics. The Strengths of Virtue Ethics. Criticisms of Virtue Theory. Virtue Theory and Medicine. Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Exercises 8. Care Ethics. The Neglect of Women's Ethical Views. The Care Perspectives on Ethics.

Women and Ethics. Exercises 9. The Scope of Morality. Who is Due Moral Consideration? Moral Agents. Darwin and the Moral Status of Nonhuman Animals. Reading: Darwin, The Descent of Man.

Reading: Frans de Waal, Primates and Philosophers. The Nature of Ethical Nonobjectivism. Arguments for Ethical Nonobjectivism.

Reading: Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic. Exercises Moral Realism. Contemporary Moral Realism. Moral Realism and the Argument from Simplicity. Moral Facts and Scientific Revolutions. Reading: Smith, Realism. How Hard is Ethics? The Demands of Ethical Living. Comparing Ethical Systems on the Basis of Difficulty. Duty and Feelings. Reading: Mencius, Book of Mencius. Free Will. Determinism and Free Will. Libertarian Free Will and the Rejection of Determinism.

Reading: Wolf, Asymmetrical Freedom. Freedom, Moral Responsibility, and Ethics. Types of Responsibility. Moral Responsibility and the Utility of Punishment. Conditions for Moral Responsibility. Moral Responsibility and Ethics. Reading: Nagel, Moral Luck. Abortion is Immoral — Don Marquis. Nonhuman animals have no basic rights — Richard Posner. Homosexual sex is wrong -- John Finnis. Homosexual relations are morally legitimate -- John Corvino. We have a limited moral obligation to help impoverished people in other countries -- Thomas Nagel.

We have a very strong moral obligation to help impoverished people in other countries -- Thomas Pogge. Terrorism is always wrong -- Tony Coady. Terrorism might sometimes be justified -- Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez. Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students.

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