The ethical life : (Record no. 21815)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780195377699 (alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0195377699 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MMU |
| Transcribing agency | MMU |
| Modifying agency | MMU |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BJ1012 |
| Item number | .S428 2010 |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The ethical life : |
| Remainder of title | fundamental readings in ethics and moral problems / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | [edited by] Russ Shafer-Landau. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii, 408 p. : |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- Value theory : the nature of the good life. Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus -- John Stuart Mill, Hedonism -- Aldous Huxley, Brave new world -- Robert Nozick, The experience machine -- Richard Taylor, The meaning of life -- Jean Kazez, Necessities -- Normative ethics : theories of right conduct. J.J.C. Smart, Extreme and restricted utilitarianism -- Immanuel Kant, The good will and the categorical imperative -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan -- Philippa Foot, Natural goodness -- Aristotle, Nicomachean ethics -- W.D. Ross, What makes right acts right? -- Hilde Lindemann, What is feminist ethics? -- Metaethics : the status of morality. David Hume, Moral distinctions not derived from reason -- J.L. Mackie, The subjectivity of values -- Gilbert Harman, Ethics and observation -- Mary Midgley, Trying out one's new sword -- Michael Smith, Realism -- Renford Bambrough, Proof -- Moral problems. Peter Singe, The Singer solution to world poverty -- Heidi Malm, Paid surrogacy: arguments and responses -- Ronald Dworkin, Playing God : genes, clones, and luck -- James Rachels, The morality of euthanasia -- John Harris, The survival lottery -- Peter Singer, Unsanctifying human life -- William F. Baxter, People or penguins: the case for optimal pollution -- Judith Jarvis Tthomson, A defense of abortion -- Don Marquis, Why abortion is immoral -- Jonathan Bennett, The conscience of Huckleberry Finn -- Michael Walzer, Terrorism: a critique of excuses -- David Luban, Liberalism, torture, and the ticking bomb -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham City Jail -- Igor Primoratz, Justifying legal punishment -- Stephen Nathanson, An eye for an eye? -- Michael Huemer, America's unjust drug war -- John Corvino, Why shouldn't Tommy and Jimmy have sex?: a defense of homosexuality -- Bonnie Steinbock, Adultery -- Hugh LaFollette, Licensing parents -- Jane English, What do grown children owe their parents? |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ethics |
| Form subdivision | Textbooks. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shafer-Landau, Russ. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | L |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Maasai Mara University Library -Main Campus | Maasai Mara University Library -Main Campus | 02/02/2017 | Donation -T4C | BJ1012 .S428 2010 | 17021652 | 02/02/2017 | 02/02/2017 | L |