TY - BOOK AU - Rachels,James AU - Rachels,Stuart TI - The right thing to do: basic readings in moral philosophy SN - 0073125466 (alk. paper) AV - BJ1012 .R5 2007 U1 - 170 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Ethics KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 1. A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, James Rachels -- 2. Some Basic Points about Arguments, James Rachels. Part I: THEORIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF MORALITY : *3. The Subjectivity of Values, J.L. Mackie -- 4. The Virtues, Aristotle -- 5. Ethics and Natural Law, St. Thomas Aquinas -- 6. The Social Contract, Thomas Hobbes -- 7. Morality as Based on Sentiment, David Hume -- 8. Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill -- 9. The Categorical Imperative, Immanuel Kant Part. PART II: ESSAYS ABOUT MORAL ISSUES : 10. Why Abortion is Immoral, Don Marquis -- *11. A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson -- 12. Will Cloning Harm People?, Gregory E. Pence -- 13. Is Homosexuality Unnatural?, Burton M. Leiser -- *14. 9/11 and Starvation, Mylan Engel, Jr. -- 15. The Singer Solution to World Poverty, Peter Singer -- *16. Utilitarianism and Integrity, Bernard Williams -- 17. The Morality of Euthanasia, James Rachels -- 18. Assisted Suicide: Pro-Choice or Anti-Life?, Richard Doerflinger -- 19. All Animals Are Equal, Peter Singer -- *20. Do Animals Have Rights?, Tibor R. Machan -- *21. The Immorality of SUVs and Trucks, Douglas Husak -- 22. Preserving the Environment, Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- 23. The Ethics of War and Peace, Douglas P. Lackey -- 24. In Defense of the Death Penalty, Ernest van den Haag -- 25. The Case against the Death Penalty, Hugo A. Bedau -- *26. America?s Unjust Drug War, Michael Huemer -- *27. The Experience Machine, Robert Nozick -- *28. The Feminist Revelation, Christina Hoff Sommers -- *29. Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?, Peter Singer -- 30. Letter from the Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. -- *31. In Defense of Quotas, James Rachels. [ * indicates new to this edition ] UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006041045-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006041045-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2006041045-b.html ER -