World Ethics

by Wanda Torres Gregory

Unique among multicultural-minded introduction to ethics textbooks, WORLD ETHICS is first and foremost an introduction to ethical theory, not to applied ethics. And unique among introduction to ethical theory textbooks, WORLD ETHICS is firmly committed to exploring ethical theories of the World, not just those of the European philosophical mainstream. Consisting of sixty primary source readings from a variety of world philosophical traditions, this text will enable instructors, majors, and non-majors to engage the fundamental questions of ethics amidst a much more diverse array of standpoints than is typically featured in an introduction to ethics textbook. The coverage of the European tradition in this volume alone is richer than most introductory ethics anthologies. Inasmuch as WORLD ETHICS provides not only this traditional coverage, but also equally exceptional treatment of Asian, Feminist, and a number of other contemporary cultural theoretical perspectives, this title is bound to be of landmark and lasting value to the teaching of ethics.

464 pages, Paperback

First published June 14, 2002

About the author

Wanda Torres Gregory is a professor of philosophy, teaching at Simmons College in Boston, MA.

Reviews

[Audrey Saltarelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provides a multicultural look at ethics that many other philosophy text books fail to provide. It gives a brief background of each of the philosophers and their theories and then provides short excerpts from their texts that make the theories more approachable for students. As an introduction to ethics text book, this book provides the perfect groundwork that will then allow professors to elaborate in the classroom and expand upon the provided material.