Includes index.

Preface;
Analysing a Case;
PART I Metaethics: Theory and Practice;
Chapter 1 Morals and Values;
Chapter 2 Moral Relativism;
Chapter 3 Autonomy, Moral Agency, and Self;
Chapter 4 Making Moral Judgments;
Chapter 5 Psychology and Morality;
PART II Ethical Theories and Perspectives;
Chapter 6 Egoism;
Chapter 7 Consequentialism: Act Utilitarianism;
Chapter 8 Consequentialism: Rule Utilitarianism;
Chapter 9 Deontology;
Chapter 10 Natural Law;
Chapter 11 Social Contracts and Rights;
Chapter 12 Virtue Ethics;
Chapter 13 Feminism and Care Ethics;
Chapter 14 Religion and the Basis of Morality;
PART III Applied Ethics;
Chapter 15 Medical Futility;
Chapter 16 Ethics and Food;
Chapter 17 Optimizing a Planet;
Chapter 18 Obligations to Future Generation;
Glossary;
Index.

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