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The Right Thing to Doreader to the best-selling text: The Elements of Moral Philosophy (0-07-8119065). Authors James Rachels and Stuart Rachels offer engaging, thought-provoking essays on compelling issues that students are familiar with and understand. This rich collection of essays can be used on its own for a course on moral philosophy, or it can be used to supplement other introductory texts.Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. McGraw-Hill Connect (R) is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following:* SmartBook (R) - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content.* Access to your instructor's homework assignments, quizzes, syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the course.* Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement.* The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping.Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html
Contents
RACHELS, THE RIGHT THING TO DOAbout the AuthorsINTRODUCTION 1. A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy James Rachels2. Some Basic Points about Arguments James Rachels UTILITARIANISM 3. Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill4. Utilitarianism and Integrity Bernard Williams5. The Experience Machine Robert Nozick OTHER THEORETICAL ESSAYS 6. The Subjectivity of Values J. L. Mackie7. Our Sense of Right and Wrong C. S. Lewis8. The Categorical Imperative Immanuel Kant9. The Virtues Aristotle10. Master Morality and Slave Morality Friedrich Nietzsche11. Caring Relations and Principles of Justice Virginia Held ABORTION 12. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion and Postscript on Infanticide Mary Anne Warren13. Why Abortion Is Immoral Don Marquis14. A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson ANIMALS 15. All Animals Are Equal Peter Singer16. Torturing Puppies and Eating Meat: It's All in Good Taste Alastair Norcross17. Do Animals Have Rights? Tibor R. Machan POVERTY 18. Famine, Affluence, and Morality Peter Singer19. Poverty and Parenthood Stuart Rachels THE DEATH PENALTY 20. A Defense of the Death Penalty Louis P. Pojman21. Why the United States Will Join the Rest of the World in Abandoning Capital Punishment Stephen B. Bright WAR, TERRORISM, AND TORTURE 22. Hellhole Atul Gawande23. The Ethics of War and Peace Douglas P. Lackey24. Fifty Years after Hiroshima John Rawls25. What Is Wrong with Terrorism? Thomas Nagel26. Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb David Luban SEX AND DRUGS 27. America's Unjust Drug War Michael Huemer28. Our Sexual Ethics Bertrand Russell29. A Few Words about Gay Marriage Andrew Sullivan30. Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement David Boonin31. Alcohol and Rape Nicholas Dixon RACE, WOMEN, AND IMMIGRATION 32. Letter from the Birmingham City Jail Martin Luther King Jr.33. Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary? Peter Singer34. In Defense of Quotas James Rachels35. Homeward Bound Linda Hirshman36. The Case for Open Immigration Michael Huemer BIOETHICS 37. The Morality of Euthanasia James Rachels38. The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia J. Gay-Williams39. The New Eugenics Matt Ridley40. Human Cloning and the Challenge of Regulation John A. Robertson41. Selling Organs for Transplantation Lewis Burrows42. A Free Marked Would Reduce Donations and Would Commodify the Human Body James F. ChildressNER(01): WOW
