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.

Another book that will prove particularly useful is:

J. Glover, Causing Death and Saving Lives (Penguin, 1977).

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