The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems

The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems by Shafer-Landau, Russ. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780199997275.

Brief yet thorough and affordably priced, The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in introductory ethics and contemporary moral problems. Featuring forty readings divided into four parts--The Good Life, Normative Ethics, Metaethics, and Moral Problems--it introduces students to ethical theory and a wide range of moral issues. The essays include selections from such historically influential philosophers as Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill alongside work by contemporary philosophers like Philippa Foot, Robert Nozick, Peter Singer, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. Detailed reading introductions provide helpful contextual information. The text is supplemented by an online Instructors Manual and Computerized Test Bank and a Companion Website with student self-quizzes and additional resources. Designed as a companion reader to Russ Shafer-Landaus textbook, The Fundamentals of Ethics, Third Edition, this volume is also comprehensive enough to be used on its own.