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Ethics : the classic readings / ed. by David E. Cooper; advisory ed. Robert L. Arrington, James Rachels

Secondary Author Cooper, David E., 1942-
Arrington, Robert L., 1938-
Rachels, James, 1941-2003 Country Estados Unidos. Publication Oxford : Blackwell, 2008 Description 287 p. ; 23 cm Series Philosophy the classic readings ISBN 978-0-6312-0633-0 CDU 17

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This is the second volume in a new series of classic readings in philosophy and collects together the central texts in the history of moral philosophy thus representing many of the most important topics in the field.

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Introduction
1 Gorgias 482-484, 488-500: Plato
2 Nicomachean Ethics Book 1: Aristotle
3 'Letter to Menoecus' and 'Leading Doctrines'
4 'Human Nature is Good': Mencius. 'Man's Nature is Evil'
5 The Book of Chuang Tzu Chapters 9, 13-14
6 The Bhagavad Gita Chapters 1-5
7 The Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 8 (Verses 89-140): Santideva. The Second Path
8 Summa Theologica I-II Questions 55, 58, 61-63
9 Sermon 'Upon the love of our neighbour'
10 A Treatise of Human Nature Book III Part 1 Sections 1-2
11 Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals Preface and Section 1
12 Fear and Trembling Problema I
13 Utilitarianism Chapter 2
14 On the Genealogy of Morals Essay I Sections 2-14, 16
15 Principia Ethica Chapter 1 Sections 1-2, 5-15
16 The Right and the Good Chapter 2
17 The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms

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David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham. He is the author of a number of books including Metaphor (1986), Existentialism (1990) and World Philosophies (Blackwell Publishers, 1996) and is also editor of A Blackwell Companion to Aesthetics (Blackwell Publishers, 1992) and Aesthetics: The Classic Readings (1997).