Three Methods of Ethics

During the past decade ethical theory has been in a lively state of development, and three basic approaches to ethics - Kantian ethics, consequentialism, and virtue ethics - have assumed positions of particular prominence.

Introduction Part I: Kantian Ethics Marcia Baron 1. Introduction 2. Consequentalism versus Kantian Ethics 3. Kantian Ethics and Virtue Ethics 4. Further Objections to Kantian Ethics Part II: The Consequentialist Perspective Philip Pettit 5. A Moral Psychology for Consequentialists and Non-consequentialists 6. The Question of Rightness 7. Different Answers to the Question of Rightness 8. In Favour of the Consequentialist Answer to the Question of Rightness 9. The Tenability of the Consequentialist Answer Part III: Virtue Ethics Michael Slote 10. What is Virtue Ethics? 11. Theory versus Anti-theory 12. Virtue Ethics versus Kantian and Common-sense Morality 13. Common-sense Virtue Ethics versus Consequentialism 14. Further Aspects of Common-sense virtual Ethics 15. Making Sense of Agent-based Virtue Ethics 16. Morality as Inner Strength 17. Morality as Universal Benevolence 18. Morality as Caring 19. Agent-basing and Applied Ethics 20. Conclusion: Comparisons within Virtue Ethics Part IV: Reply to Pettit and Slote Marcia Baron 21. Reply to Pettit 22. Reply to Stote Part V: Reply to Baron and Stote Phillip Pettit 23. Rival Theories? 24. Comment on Slote 25. Comment on Baron Part VI: Reply to Baron and Pettit Michael Slote 26. Reply to Baron 27. Reply to Pettit 28. Virtue Politics Index.