Ethics

Preface 

Chronological listing of selected philosophers and their dates

Chapter 1 Selected Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: A Brief Introduction

Socrates (470–399 BCE) and Plato (428–348 BCE)
Euthyphro
Apology
Crito

Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
Nicomachean Ethics (Books I , II, III, IV, V)

Chapter 2 Selected Readings in Modern Philosophy: A Brief Introduction

René Descartes (1596–1650)
Meditations on First Philosophy (Meditations I – VI)

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

Chapter 3 Selected Readings in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy: A Brief Introduction

John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)
Utilitarianism (Chapters I, II, III, IV, and V)
On the Subjection of Women (Chapter 1)

Chapter 4 Selected Readings from Twentieth-Century Philosophy: A Brief Introduction

W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
The Souls of Black Folk (The Forethought, Chapters I–II, Chapter XI, Chapter XIV, The Afterthought)

Chapter 5 Selected Readings in Feminist Philosophy: A Brief Introduction

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Introduction, Chapters I–IV, Chapters VII-VIII, Chapter XII)

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