Ethics

Ethics, sometimes known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

The Nicomachean Ethics
After Virtue
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Beyond Good and Evil
Ethics
Practical Ethics
Utilitarianism
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
On the Genealogy of Morals
Meditations
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione
Animal Liberation
Ethics in the Real World: 86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
The Noble Edge by Christopher GilbertUprooted by Peter J. BoniThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyFevers, Feuds, and Diamonds by Paul Farmer
Moral Science
36 books — 9 voters
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniSuffering-Focused Ethics by Magnus VindingParfit's Ethics by Richard Yetter ChappellOn What Matters, Vol. 2 by Derek ParfitOn What Matters by Derek Parfit
Ethics for Effective Altruists
19 books — 5 voters

Uprooted by Peter J. BoniMore than a Glitch by Meredith BroussardAlgorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja NobleThe Code Between Us by Dwaine McMaughRace After Technology by Ruha Benjamin
Data Ethics & Society
15 books — 13 voters
The Western Canon by Harold BloomNotes Towards The Definition Of Culture by T.S. EliotPhaedrus by PlatoThe intimate philosophy of art by John ArmstrongCulture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
Roger Scruton's Bibliographies
100 books — 7 voters


Friedrich Nietzsche
One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it. And how should there be a "common good"! The term contradicts itself: whatever can be common always has little value. In the end it must be as it is and always has been: great things remain for the great, abysses for the profound, nuances and shudders for the refined, and, in brief, all that is rare for the rare. ...more
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

Simone Weil
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
Simone Weil

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