Contemporary Ethical Issues

Selected works found online; links provided through eClass Recommended for further reading: Exploring Moral Problems: An Introductory Anthology, ed. S. Cahn (Oxford University Press)

Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction, 3rd Edition, by Harry Gensler (Routledge,

Ethics, Introduction (1-6), Cultural Relativism (8-21)

Ethics, Subjectivism (23-37), Supernaturalism (39-50)

Ethics, Intuitionism (only read 54-62), Emotivism (69-83)

Ethics, Golden Rule Frameworks (150-172)

Ethics, Consequentialism (174-192) 9

Ethics, Nonconsequentialism (193-210)

Ethics, Synthesis Chapter (only read 211-221); Judith Jarvis Thomson, “A Defense of Abortion

1 These criteria are adapted from standards developed by Elizabeth Anderson. 9