INTRODUCTION 1
META-ETHICS 13
Chapter One:Moral Language and Arguments 13
NORMATVE ETHICS 25
Chapter Two:The Good Life 25
(1)Plato:Crito 25
(2)Epicurus:The Pleasant Life 37
Chapter Three:Virtue Ethics 45
(1)Aristotle:Nicomachean Ethics 45
(2)Alasdair MacIntyre:After Virtue 54
Chapter Four:Christian Ethics 64
(1)The Bible:The Judeo-Christian Tradition 64
(2)St.Thomas Aquinas:Natural Law of Morality 78
Chapter Five:Deontological Ethics 88
(1)Immanuel Kant:Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals 88
(2)John Rawls:A Theory of Justice 98
Chapter Six:Ethical Utilitarianism 112
(1)Jeremy Bentham:Classical Utilitarianism 112
(2)Peter A.Singer:Preferential Utilitarianism 121
Chapter Seven:Natural Right Ethics 132
(1)Albert Schweitzer:Reverence for All Forms of Life 132
(2)Johannes Messner:The Nature of Man:Key to Morality 140
APPLIED ETHICS 153
Chapter Eight:Morality in Real Life Situations 153
(1)Peter Singer:Applied Ethics ＆ Bioethics 153
(2)Gerhard Zecha:The Golden Rule:How to Make Right Decisions in Theo-ry and Practice 157