Moral Philosophy Baggini, J. Philosophy: Key Themes, Palgrave MacMillan 2002: written for the A level Benn, P. Ethics, UCL Press 1998: a careful and accurate introduction across the whole range of normative and metaethical issues. Bennett, C. What is This Thing Called Ethics?, Routledge 2010: lots of features Blackburn, S. OUP 2001: a lively, engaging, and quick introduction to Being Good, the main issues of ethics, written in a very clear style. Blackburn, S. Ethics: a Very Short Introduction, OUP 2003 Cave, P. Ethics, Oneworld 2015 Jones, G. Exploring Ethics, John Murray 2000 Norman, R. The Moral Philosophers, Clarendon Press 1983: one of the best introductions to the normative and metaethical theories of ethics via the great philosophers who held them. It also includes a good discussion of moral realism. Rachels, J. The Elements of Moral Philosophy, McGraw-Hill 2014: a favourite of introductory courses, now in its eighth edition. Singer, P. (ed.) A Companion to Ethics, Blackwell 1991: a great resource. Each essay, written for the beginner, is an excellent survey of a single topic. Williams, B. Morality, CUP 1976: difficult, but excellent, discussions of subjectivism, relativism, the idea of 'good', and utilitarianism. Smart, J. & Williams, B. Utilitarianism: For and Against, CUP 1973: one of the most informative discussions of utilitarianism - its structure, its motives, and its problems. Crisp. R. Mill on Utilitarianism, Routledge 1997: a thorough, but clear, treatment of Bentham and Mill's utilitarianism Guyer, P. Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals: A Reader’s Guide, Continuum 2007 Warne, C. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: A Reader’s Guide, Continuum 2006 Hughes, G. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Routledge 2013 Chrisman, M. What is This Thing Called Metaethics?, Routledge 2017 Singer, P. Practical Ethics (2nd ed.), CUP 1993: defending a utilitarian standpoint but discussing a wide range of arguments in practical ethics. DeGrazia, D. Animal Rights: a Very Short Introduction, OUP 2002 Young, G. Ethics in the Virtual World, Routledge 2013
Moral Philosophy Baggini, J. Philosophy: Key Themes, Palgrave MacMillan 2002: written for the A level Benn, P. Ethics, UCL Press 1998: a careful and accurate introduction across the whole range of normative and metaethical issues. Bennett, C. What is This Thing Called Ethics?, Routledge 2010: lots of features Blackburn, S. Being Good, OUP 2001: a lively, engaging, and quick introduction to the main issues of ethics, written in a very clear style. Blackburn, S. Ethics: a Very Short Introduction, OUP 2003 Cave, P. Ethics, Oneworld 2015 Jones, G. Exploring Ethics, John Murray 2000 Norman, R. The Moral Philosophers, Clarendon Press 1983: one of the best introductions to the normative and metaethical theories of ethics via the great philosophers who held them. It also includes a good discussion of moral realism. Rachels, J. The Elements of Moral Philosophy, McGraw-Hill 2014: a favourite of introductory courses, now in its eighth edition. Singer, P. (ed.) A Companion to Ethics, Blackwell 1991: a great resource. Each essay, written for the beginner, is an excellent survey of a single topic. Williams, B. Morality, CUP 1976: difficult, but excellent, discussions of subjectivism, relativism, the idea of 'good', and utilitarianism. Smart, J. & Williams, B. Utilitarianism: For and Against, CUP 1973: one of the most informative discussions of utilitarianism - its structure, its motives, and its problems. Crisp. R. Mill on Utilitarianism, Routledge 1997: a thorough, but clear, treatment of Bentham and Mill's utilitarianism Guyer, P. Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals: A Reader’s Guide, Continuum 2007 Warne, C. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: A Reader’s Guide, Continuum 2006 Hughes, G. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Routledge 2013 Chrisman, M. What is This Thing Called Metaethics?, Routledge 2017 Singer, P. Practical Ethics (2nd ed.), CUP 1993: defending a utilitarian standpoint but discussing a wide range of arguments in practical ethics. DeGrazia, D. Animal Rights: a Very Short Introduction, OUP 2002 Young, G. Ethics in the Virtual World, Routledge 2013