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Contemporary MoralProblems

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By Aaron James L. Tan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Contemporary Moral ProblemsEgoism and Moral Scepticism by James Rachels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01Religion, Morality, and Conscience by John Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04Master – and Slave – Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06Trying Out One’s New Sound by Mary Midgley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10The Debate over Utilitarianism by James Rachels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The Categorical Imperative by Immanuel Kant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Happiness and Virtue by Aristotle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Nature and Value of Rights by Joel Feinberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Theory of Justice by John Rawls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24The Need for More Than Justice by Annette Baier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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PREFACE

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