Western Philosophy

18 Part VIII Morality and the Good Life Chapter 1: morality and happiness plato, Republic Chapter 2: ethical virtue aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Chapter 3: morality and natural law aquinas, Summa Theologiae Chapter 4: virtue, reason and the passions Benedict spinoza, Ethics Chapter 5: human feeling as the source of ethics David hume, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Chapter 6: duty and reason as the Ultimate Principle Immanuel kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals Chapter 7: happiness as the foundation of morality John Stuart mill, Utilitarianism Chapter 8: utility and common-sense morality Henry sidgwick, Methods of Ethics Chapter 9: against conventional morality Friedrich nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Chapter 10: duty and intuition w. d. ross, The Right and the Good Chapter 11: ethics as Rooted in history and culture Alasdair macintyre, After Virtue Chapter 12: could ethics be objective? Bernard williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

19 Part IX Problems in Ethics Chapter 1: Inequality, Freedom and Slavery Aristotle, Politics Chapter 2: War and Justice Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae Chapter 3: Taking One’s Own Life David Hume, On Suicide Chapter 4: Gender, Liberty and Equality Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women Chapter 5: Partiality and Favouritism William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice Chapter 6: The Status of Non-human Animals Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics Chapter 7: The Purpose of Punishment Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation Chapter 8: Our Relationship to the Environment Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic Chapter 9: Abortion and Rights Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion , and Patrick Lee & Robert P. George, The Wrong of Abortion Chapter 10: The Relief of Global Suffering Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence and Morality Chapter 11: Medical Ethics and the Termination of Life JamesRachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia Chapter 12: Cloning, Sexual Reproduction and Genetic Engineering Leon R. Kass, The Wisdom of Repugnance

20 Part X Authority and the State Chapter 1: Our Obligation to Respect the laws of the state plato, Crito Chapter 2: The Just Ruler Thomas aquinas, On Princely Government Chapter 3: Power and Control Niccolò machiavelli, The Prince Chapter 4: Sovereignty and Security Thomas hobbes, Leviathan Chapter 5: Consent and Political Obligation John locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government Chapter 6: Against Contractarianism David hume, Of the Original Contract Chapter 7: Society and the Individual Jean-Jacques rousseau, The Social Contract Chapter 8: The Unified State – From Individual Desire to Rational Self-determination Georg hegel, The Philosophy of Right Chapter 9: Property, Labour and Alienation Karl marx and Friedrich engels, The German Ideology Chapter 10: The Limits of Majority Rule John Stuart mill, On Liberty Chapter 11: Rational Choice and Fairness John rawls, A Theory of Justice Chapter 12: The Minimal State Robert nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia

21 Part XI Beauty and Art Chapter 1: art and imitation plato, Republic Chapter 2: The Nature and Function of dramatic art aristotle, Poetics Chapter 3: the idea of beauty Francis hutcheson, Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design Chapter 4: aesthetic appreciation David hume, Of the Standard of Taste Chapter 5: the concept of the beautiful Immanuel kant, Critique of Judgement Chapter 6: the metaphysics of beauty Arthur schopenhauer, On Aesthetics Chapter 7: the two faces of art Friedrich nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 8: the value of art Leo tolstoy, What Is Art? Chapter 9: imagination and art Jean-Paul sartre, The Psychology of Imagination Chapter 10: what is aesthetics? Ludwig wittgenstein, Lectures on Aesthetics Chapter 11: the meaning of a literary work W. K. wimsatt jr. and M. C. beardsley, The Intentional Fallacy Chapter 12: the basis of judgements of taste Frank sibley, Aesthetic Concepts

22 Part XII Human Life and Its Meaning Chapter 1: How to Accept Reality and Avoid Fear Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe Chapter 2: Life Guided by Stoic Philosophy Seneca, Moral Letters Chapter 3: Meaning through Service to Others Augustine, Confessions Chapter 4: Contentment with the Human Lot Michel de Montaigne, On Experience Chapter 5: The Human Condition, Wretched yet Redeemable Blaise Pascal, Pensées Chapter 6: Human Life as a Meaningless Struggle Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Vanity of Existence Chapter 7: The Death of God and the Ascendancy of the Will Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra Chapter 8: Idealism in a Godless Universe Bertrand Russell, A Free Man’s Worship Chapter 9: Futility and Defiance Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Chapter 10: Involvement versus Detachment Thomas Nagel, The Absurd Chapter 11: Religious Belief as Necessary for Meaning William Lane Craig, The Absurdity of Life without God Chapter 12: Seeing Our Lives as Part of the Process Robert Nozick, Philosophy’s Life

23 Background Reading and Reference

24 Notes on the Philosophers

25 Index

26 End User License Agreement

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2 Series page

3 Title page

4 Copyright

5 Table of Contents

6 John Cottingham’s Western Philosophy: An Anthology Praise for the first edition

7 Dedication

8 Preface

9 Acknowledgements

10 Guidance for Readers and Format of the Volume

11 Introductory Essay: How to Read a Philosophical Text and How to Write about It

12 Begin Reading

13 Background Reading and Reference

14 Notes on the Philosophers

15 Index

16 End User License Agreement

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