Ethics & Moral Philosophy
The Ethics Behind Bernard Williams’s Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Read Bernard Williams’s Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy through integrity, internal reasons, conflict, and arguments against moral theory.
Where to Begin with Care Ethics Without Reducing It to “Being Caring”
A beginner’s reading route through care ethics, from Gilligan and Noddings to Held, Kittay, Tronto, dependency, institutions, and democracy.
Five Books on Animal Rights Philosophy That Disagree About What Animals Are Owed
These books on animal rights disagree about welfare, rights, interests, duties, and the status of nonhuman lives; the disagreement matters.
Where to Read Philippa Foot’s “The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect”
To read Philippa Foot on double effect, locate her abortion essay in the correct collection and separate the principle from…
Moral Luck Explained: Bernard Williams, Thomas Nagel, and the Limits of Control
Why two equally reckless people can seem morally different when only one of them happens to cause harm.
After the Human Exception: Darwin, Morality, and the Trouble of Descent
Darwin and Human Exceptionalism meet at the point where Victorian moral philosophy became most vulnerable: the claim that conscience proved…
The Debt Inside Conscience: Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Guilt
Nietzsche on guilt and debt is not a thesis that morality simply grew out of bookkeeping. It is an account…
Six Best Books on MacIntyre Virtue Ethics
Illustration by Bookinlight Art Desk By Bookinlight This reading packet selects the best books on MacIntyre virtue ethics for readers…
