Many people believe that all human beings have the same basic, moral status, that is, that
they are all rightholders. For example, this belief is encapsulated in the Universal …

This introductory textbook is ideally suited to newcomers to philosophy and ethical
problems. Rosalind Hursthouse carefully introduces the three standard approaches in …

This book critiques contemporary trends in ethical theory, including the deontological
tradition dating back to Kant, the teleological tradition of the utilitarians, the analytic …

Almost every thoughtful person wonders at some time why morality says what it says and
how, if at all, it speaks to us. David Wiggins surveys the answers most commonly proposed …

This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the
foundations of ethics. These issues concern the objectivity of ethics, the possibility and …

In Morality Bernard Williams confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy, and offers a
stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts which seem nevertheless to have left all …

Dealing with a diverse set of problems in practical and theoretical ethics, these fourteen
essays, three of them previously unpublished, reconfirm Joel Feinberg's leading position in …

In this volume, some of today's most distinguished philosophers survey the whole field of
ethics, from its origins, through the great ethical traditions, to theories of how we ought to …