Index for Posts on The Blackwell Companion to Ethics

I have tasked myself with summarising every essay in The Blackwell Companion to Ethics. This is my favourite book on moral philosophy. This post provides an index to all other posts.



PART 1: THE ROOTS

• "The Origin of Ethics" by Mary Midgley
• "Ethics in Small-Scale Societies" by George Silberbauer
• "Ancient Ethics" by Gerald A. Larue

PART II: THE GREAT ETHICAL TRADITIONS

• "Indian Ethics" by Purusottama Bilimoria
• "Buddhist Ethics" by Padmasiri de Silva
• "Classical Chinese Ethics" by Chad Hansen
• "Jewish Ethics" by Menachem Kellner
• "Christian Ethics" by Ronald Preston (Part 1, Part 2)
• "Islamic Ethics" by Azim Nanji

PART III: WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS: A SHORT HISTORY

• "Ethics in Ancient Greece" by Christopher Rowe
• "Medieval and Renaissance Ethics" by John Haldane
• "Modern Moral Philosophy" by J.B. Schneewind

PART IV: HOW I OUGHT TO LIVE?

• "Natural Law" by Stephen Buckle
• "Kantian Ethics" by Onora O'Neill
• "The Social Contract Tradition" by Will Kymlicka (Part 1, Part 2)
• "Egoism" by Kurt Baier (Part 1, Part 2)
• "Contemporary Deontology" by Nancy Davis
• "An Ethic of Prima Facie Duties" by Jonathan Dancy
• "Consequentialism" by Philip Pettit
• "Utility and the Good" by Robert E. Goodin
• "Virtue Theory" by Greg Pence
• "Rights" Brenda Almond

PART V: APPLICATIONS

• "World Poverty" by Nigel Dower
• "Environmental Ethics" by Robert Elliot
• "Euthanasia" by Helga Kuhse
• "Abortion" by Mary Anne Warren (Part 1, Part 2)
• "Sex" by Raymond A. Belliotti (Part 1, Part 2)
• "Personal Relationships" by Hugh Lafollette
• "Equality, Discrimination and Preferential Treatment" by Bernard R. Boxill
• "Animals" by Lori Gruen
• "Business Ethics" by Robert Solomon
• "Crime and Punishment" by C.L. Ten
• "Politics and the Problem of Dirty Hands" by C.A.J. Coady
• "War and Peace" by Jeff McMahan

PART VI: THE NATURE OF ETHICS

• "Realism" by Michael Smith (Part 1, Part 2)
• "Intuitionism" by Jonathan Dancy
• "Naturalism" by Charles R. Pidgen
• "Subjectivism" by James Rachels
• "Relativism" by David Wong
• "Universal Prescriptivism" by R.M. Hare
• "Morality and Psychological Development" by Laurence Thomas
• "Method and Moral Theory" by Dale Jamieson

PART VII: CHALLENGE AND CRITIQUE

• "The Idea of a Female Ethic" by Jean Grimshaw
• "The Significance of Evolution" by Michael Ruse
• "Marx against Morality" by Allen Wood
• "How Could Ethics Depend on Religion?" by Jonathan Berg
• "The Implications of Determinism" by Robert Young