Ethics and Applied Ethics - PH19B
Reading
There are two essential texts for this course:
J.L. Mackie, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (Penguin, 1977)
P. Singer (ed.), Applied Ethics (Oxford University Press, 1986).
The lectures and what is on the Web-server complement but do not replace these books. You will be expected to show acquaintance with and understanding of them.
Two other books will be of considerable use:
B. Almond (ed.), Introducing Applied Ethics (Blackwell, 1995).
J. Glover, Causing Death and Saving Lives (Penguin, 1977).
Last revised 31 August 2001
© E.P. Brandon, 2001