Cover title: Conduct & character

pt. 1. Introduction to moral theory : the aims, structure, and evaluation of moral theories. The aims of moral theory -- The structure of a moral theory -- The evaluation of a moral theory

pt. 2. Egoism. The myth of Gyges / Plato -- Egoism and moral skepticism / James Rachels -- Egoism, altruism, and sociobiology / Peter Singer

pt. 3. Ethics by authority : the divine command theory and relativism. Morality is based on God's commands / Robert C. Mortimer -- Morality without God / John Arthur -- A defense of ethical relativism / Ruth Benedict -- The challenge of cultural relativism / James Rachels

pt. 4. The natural law theory. Treatise on law / St. Thomas Aquinas -- The ethics of natural law / C.E. Harris -- Problems for natural law theory / Emmett Barcalow

pt. 5. Utilitarianism. The principle of utility / Jeremy Bentham -- In defense of utilitarianism / J.S. Mill -- Against moral conservatism / Kai Nielsen -- Two concepts of rules / John Rawls -- The ethics of fantasy / J.L. Mackie

pt. 6. Kantian ethical theory. The moral law and autonomy of the will / Immanuel Kant -- Kant's moral theory / Elliot Sober -- Kant on treating people as ends in themselves / Onora O'Neill -- On treating people as ends in themselves : a critique of Kant / Fred Feldman

pt. 7. The ethics of care. Moral orientation and moral development / Carol Gilligan -- An ethic of caring / Nel Noddings -- Criticisms of Noddings' Ethic of caring / Rosemarie Tong

pt. 8. Pluralism and particularism. Moral choice without principles / Jean-Paul Sartre -- What makes right acts right? / W.D. Ross -- Principles or particularism? / David McNaughton

pt. 9. Virtue and the ethics of perfectionism. Virtue and character / Aristotle -- Virtue and moral theory / Bernard Mayo -- A defense of perfectionism / Edmund L. Pincoffs -- On some vices of virtue ethics / Robert B. Louden