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"Moral philosophy is the study of what morality is and what it requires of us. As Socrates said, it's about "how we ought to live"-and why. It would be helpful if we could begin with a simple, uncontroversial definition of what morality is. Unfortunately, we cannot. There are many rival theories, each expounding a different conception of what it means to live morally, and any definition that goes beyond Socrates's simple formula-tion is bound to offend at least one of them. This should make us cautious, but it need not paralyze us. In this chapter, I will describe the "minimum conception" of morality"--

I. What is Justice? -- II. The Idea of Natural Law -- III. God and the State -- IV. Law and Morality -- 1. Moral Norms as Social Norms -- 2. Morality as the Regulation of Internal Behaviour -- 3. Morality as a Primitive Order without Coercive Character -- 4. Law as a Part of Morality -- 5. Relativity of Moral Value -- 6. Separation of Law and Morality -- 7. Justification of Law by Morality -- V. State-Form and World-Outlook -- VI. The Foundation of the Theory of Natural Law -- VII. Causality and Accounting -- VIII. The Emergence of the Causal Law From the Principle of Retribution -- IX. On the Concept of Norm -- X. Law and Logic -- 1. Contradiction of Natural Law -- 2. Morality and Law -- 3. The Issue Clouded by Roman Law -- 4. No Imperative without an 'Imperator' -- 5. The Analogy is Misleading -- 6. Statement and Norm -- 7. Law is an Act of Will -- 8. Statement and Truth -- 9. Legislator and Judge -- 10. Robber and Judge -- 11. Statute Book and Textbook -- 12. Natural and Legal Science -- 13. Of the Spirit of the Laws -- 14. Logic and Psychology -- 15. 'Juridical Logic' -- XI. Law and Logic Again. On the Applicability of Logical Principles to Legal Norms -- XII. On the Practical Syllogism -- XIII. Derogation -- XIV. Norm and Value -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

The ideas of C.D. Broad have affected the work of moral philosophers throughout the twentieth century to the present day. First published in 1971, this edited volume contains Broad's best essays on the philosophical problems of Ethics, mostly written and published between 1914 and 1964. Among the essays are Broad's important critiques of G.E. Moore's ethical theory, his lecture entitled 'Determinism, Indeterminism and Libertarianism', and other pieces discussing topics as broad as Conscience, Egoism and Free Will. This reissue serves as an important companion to Broad's other works, a num.

"Moral Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction is a compact yet comprehensive book offering an explication and critique of the major theories that have shaped philosophical ethics. Engaging with both historical and contemporary figures, this book explores the scope, limits, and requirements of morality. DeNicola traces our various attempts to ground morality: in nature, in religion, in culture, in social contracts, and in aspects of the human person such as reason, emotions, caring, and intuition. Each chapter opens with a provocative real case or fictional scenario that helps to illuminate the issues at hand. The book is rich in argumentation, and each chapter is followed by discussion questions and questions for personal reflection. A glossary of key terms is appended."--

Norbert Wiener and the rise of computer ethics / Terrell Ward Bynum -- Why we need better ethics for emerging technologies / James H. Moor -- Information ethics, its nature and scope / Luciano Floridi -- The transformation of the public sphere : political authority, communicative freedom and internet publics / James Bohman -- Democracy and the internet / Cass Sunstein -- The social epistemology of blogging / Alvin I. Goldman -- Plural selves and relational identity : intimacy and privacy online / Dean Cocking -- Identity and information technology / Steve Matthews -- Trust, reliance and the internet / Philip Pettit -- Esteem, identifiability and the internet / Geoffrey Brennan and Philip Pettit -- Culture and global networks : hope for a global ethics ; or, Can Plato's Cybernetes Confucius' Junzi navigate an interconnected world / Charles Ess -- Collective responsibility and information and communication technology / Seumas Miller -- Computers as surrogate agents / Deborah G. Johnson and Thomas M. Powers -- Moral philosophy, information technology, and copyright / Wendy J. Gordon -- Information technology and the protection of personal data / Jeroen van den Hoven -- Embodying values in technology : theory and practice / Mary Flanagan, Daniel Howe and Helen Nissenbaum -- Information technology research ethics / Dag Elgesem -- Distributive justice and the value of information : a (broadly) Rawlsian approach / Jeroen van den Hoven and Emma Rooksby

FAR WORSE THAN CALLING A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER'S CONCLUSIONS WRONG IS ACCUSING HIS METHOD OF BEING MISCONCEIVED SINCE THIS ACCUSATION IS INTENDED TO UNDERCUT THE VERY ENTERPRISE IN WHICH A PHILOSOPHER IS ENGAGED, IT PRECLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS PARTICULAR ARGUMENTS. THUS, THIS ARTICLE PURSUES SERVERAL SUCH UNDERCUTTING CRITICISMS DIRECTED AGAINST THE METHOD OF CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-A POLITICAL AND MORAL PHILISOPHY.

The seemingly inexhaustible debate over the proper role of the Supreme Court in constitutional adjudication concerns an issue of enormous practical importance: whether the Court has or should have the power to overturn the decision of a democratically elected legislature to, say, prohibit abortions, affects not only the allocation of significant political power, but also the moral lives and indeed the very bodies of millions of citizens. For this reason, many contributions to that debate, from academics as well as from practicing politicians, have burned with the passion of political commitment, seeking to influence events directly by persuading judges (or those who might have power to constrain them) to adopt particular policies. Michael Perry's The Constitution, the Courts, and Human Rights is not such a book. I don't mean that Perry lacks political commitment, or does not sincerely wish that the courts would adopt the program he proposes. But both his substantive conclusions and his writing style suggest not only that the book is not directly addressed to an audience of judges and legislators, but also that his project is fundamentally detached from what political institutions actually do. Perry brings to his book a thoughtful intelligence and a comprehensive knowledge of the academic literature on the questions he addresses, and he has much to say that is interesting and valuable. But I think that few will find his conclusions satisfying as a program for the Supreme Court to follow.

I. The doctrine of consequences in ethics (1914) -- II. On the function of false hypotheses in ethics (1916) -- III. Analysis of some ethical concepts (1928) -- IV. Determinism, indeterminism, and libertarianism (1934) -- V. Is 'goodness' a name of a simple non-natural quality? (1934) -- VI. Ought we to fight for our country in the next war? (1936) -- VII. Conscience and conscientious action (1940) -- VIII. Critical notice of Julian Huxley, Evolutionary ethics (1944) -- IX. Some reflections on moral-sense theories in ethics (1945) -- X. Some of the main problems of ethics (1946) -- XI. Egoism as a theory of human motives (1950) -- XII. Self and others (1953) -- XIII. Emotion and sentiment (1954) -- XIV. A reply to my critics (1956) -- XV. G.E. Moore's latest published views on ethics (1961) -- XVI. Obligations, ultimate and derived (1964).