Ethics Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives [Paperback]

Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectivesoffers students a unique introduction to ethics by integrating the historical development of Western moral philosophy with both feminist and multicultural approaches. Engaging and accessible, it provides an introductory sampling of several of the classical works of the Western tradition in ethics and then situates these readings within feminist and multicultural perspectives so that they can be better understood and evaluated in our contemporary environment. While some of the non-Western works parallel the views defended in the Western works (e.g., Confucius's work echoes that of Plato or Aristotle), others question the Western perspectives (e.g., American Indian works provide an interesting challenge to Western moral philosophy). Confucius, Jorge Valadez, Ward Churchill, Moshoeshoe II, and Eagle Man present multicultural perspectives to the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Sartre, Rawls, MacIntyre, Korsgaard, and others. Noted feminists Christine de Pizan, Simone de Beauvoir, Carol Gilligan, Annette Baier, Susan Okin, and Rosemarie Radford Ruether also offer alternative views. Ideal for courses in introduction to ethics, history of ethics, and feminist ethics,Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectivesis also intriguing reading for interested general readers.

Preface
General Introduction
I. PLATO
1. Plato,The Republic
2. Julia Annas,Plato's Republic and Feminism
3. Confucius,The Analects
II. ARISTOTLE AND MUSONIUS RUFUS
4. Aristotle,Nicomachean Ethics
5. Aristotle,Politics
6. Musonius Rufus,Discourses
7. Eve Browning Cole,Women, Slaves, and Love of Toil in Aristotle's Moral Philosophy
8. Chuang Tzu,The Book of Chuang Tzu
III. AUGUSTINE
9. Augustine,The Citlcï