There are more suggested readings at the end of Rachels’ book. One of the best web sites on ethics is Ethics Updates, edited by Lawrence Hinman. There you will find articles and links to web pages about most of the topics covered in this course. If you need more information on any of these topics, please ask me.

General

• Kurt Baier, The Moral Point of View, Cornell, 1958.
• Harry J. Gensler, Ethics, Routledge, 1998.
• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977.
• J.L. Mackie, Ethics. Inventing Right and Wrong, Penguin, 1977.
• Peter Singer (ed.), A Companion to Ethics, Blackwell, 1993.

What is morality?

• Peter Singer, Practical Ethics, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1993, chapter 1.
• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977, chapter 1.
• Introduction to Moral Theory

Moral relativism

• Gilbert Harman, “Is There a Single True Morality?”, in Michael Krausz (ed.), Relativism: Interpretation and Confrontation, Notre Dame, 1989.
• Gilbert Harman and Judith Jarvis Thomson, Moral relativism and moral objectivity, Blackwell, 1996.
• Ethical Relativism

Subjectivism in ethics

• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977, chapters 3 and 4.
• Bernard Williams, Morality. An Introduction to Ethics, Cambridge, 1972.
• J.L. Mackie, Ethics. Inventing Right and Wrong, Penguin, 1977, chapter 1.
• Metaethical Concerns

Does morality depend on religion?

• Gene Outka and John P. Reeder Jr., (eds.), Religion and Morality, Anchor, 1973.
• Bernard Williams, Morality. An Introduction to Ethics, Cambridge, 1972, pp. 63-72.
• Religion and Ethics

Psychological and ethical egoism

• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977, chapter 12.
• Kelly Rogers (ed.), Self-Interest, Routledge, 1997.
• C.D. Broad, “Egoism as a Theory of Human Motives”, in P.W. Taylor, Problems of Moral Philosophy. An Introduction to Ethics, Wadsworth, 1978.
• Brian Medlin, “Ultimate Principles and Ethical Egoism”, in P.W. Taylor, Problems of Moral Philosophy. An Introduction to Ethics, Wadsworth, 1978.
• Ethical Egoism

Utilitarianism

• Anthony Quinton, Utilitarian Ethics, Open Court, 1973.
• J.J.C. Smart & Bernard Williams, Utilitarianism. For and Against, Cambridge, 1973.
• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977, chapter 13.
• Utilitarianism

Kantian ethics

• Roger Sullivan, An Introduction to Kant’s Ethics, Cambridge, 1994.
• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977, chapter 6.
• Onora O'Neill, "A Simplified Account of Kant's Ethics", in Tom Regan (ed.), Matters of Life and Death, McGraw-Hill, 1986.
• Kant and Deontology

Contractarianism

• David Gauthier, Moral by Agreement, Oxford, 1986.
• Gilbert Harman, The Nature of Morality, Oxford, 1977, chapter 9.

Rights

• Henry Shue, Basic Rights, Princeton, 1996.
• James Nickel, Making Sense of Human Rights, UC Berkeley, 1987.
• Rights Theories
• UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Virtue ethics

• Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, Notre Dame, 1981.
• Roger Crisp & Michael Slote (eds.), Virtue Ethics, Oxford, 1997.
• Aristotle and Virtue Ethics

Feminist ethics

• Carol Gilligan, In a Different Voice, 2nd ed., Harvard, 1993.
• Virginia Held, Justice and care: essential readings in feminist ethics, Westview, 1995.
• Gender and Moral Theory

Abortion

• Ronald Dworkin, Life’s Dominion. An Argument about Abortion and Euthanasia, Harper Collins, 1993.
• Peter Singer, Practical Ethics, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1993, chapter 6.
• Abortion

Euthanasia

• Ronald Dworkin, Life’s Dominion. An Argument about Abortion and Euthanasia, Harper Collins, 1993.
• Peter Singer, Practical Ethics, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1993, chapter 7.
• Euthanasia

Famine and poverty

• Peter Singer, Practical Ethics, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1993, chapter 8.
• Onora O’Neill, Faces of Hunger, London, 1986.
• W. Aiken and Hugh LaFollette (eds.), World Hunger and Moral Obligation, 1977.
• World Hunger
• The Hunger Site

Death penalty

• T. Regan (ed.), Matters of Life and Death, 2nd ed., 1986.
• G. Ezorsky (ed.), Philosophical Perspectives on Punishment, 1972.
• Punishment and the Death Penalty

Business Ethics

• Thomas Donaldson and Patricia Werhane (eds.), Ethical Issues in Business. A Philosophical Approach. 6th ed., Prentice Hall, 1999.
• Richard T. De George, Business Ethics, 5th ed., Prentice Hall, 1999.
• Jennifer Jackson, Introduction to Business Ethics, 1998.
• Earl Winkler and Jerrold Coombs (eds.), Applied Ethics. A Reader, Blackwell, 1993, section II.