ethics: part 1

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Moral Scepticism and Moral Knowledge (Studies in philosophical psychology)
1.  Moral Scepticism and Moral Knowledge (Studies in philosophical psychology) by Renford Bambrough
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  "One of the best books on ethics that I've read. Wittgensteinian in method :clear and convincing."
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Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong
2.  Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong by J Mackie
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  "A good place to start even if you disagree totally, as I do."
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The Republic (Penguin Classics)
3.  The Republic (Penguin Classics) by Plato
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  "Still one of the best and most sophisticated attempts at a total theory. All of Plato should be read again and again."
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The Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin Classics)
4.  The Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin Classics) by Aristotle
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  "Virtues unpacked by the 'master of those who know'."
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Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (Canto)
5.  Morality: An Introduction to Ethics (Canto) by Bernard Williams
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  "Despite what some say, this is a good introduction."
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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
6.  Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy by Bernard Williams
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  "A little more sophisticated, worth the effort."
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On Liberty (English Library)
7.  On Liberty (English Library) by John Stuart Mill
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  "A must! We all need to understand what's meant by 'the tyranny of the masses'."
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Utilitarianism
8.  Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
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  "The classic statement of a moral view that has had profound influence. No matter what we may think about it."
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Utilitarianism: For and Against
9.  Utilitarianism: For and Against by J. J. C. Smart
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  "Utilitarianism pro and contra."
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Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Broadview Editions)
10.  Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Broadview Editions) by Iammanuel Kant
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  "Deontological theory by one of the greatest philosophers ever."
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Emile; or On Education (Classics)
11.  Emile; or On Education (Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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  "How to bring up our children. Maybe. All of Rousseau should be read, even the confessional works. A truly troubled soul."
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Good & Evil: Absolute concepts: An Absolute Conception
12.  Good & Evil: Absolute concepts: An Absolute Conception by Raimond Gaita
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  "A work of great power. A challenge to both utilitarian and deontological theories."
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After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
13.  After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
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  "Challenging."
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The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics)
14.  The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics) by Robert Carroll
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  "You might want to have a look at this as well."
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A Companion to Ethics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)
15.  A Companion to Ethics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) by Peter Singer
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  "This is very useful."
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The Communist Manifesto (Oxford World's Classics)
16.  The Communist Manifesto (Oxford World's Classics) by Karl Marx
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  "Should be read if only to disagree with."
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The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume 1: The Spell of Plato  (Routledge Classics): Vol 1
17.  The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume 1: The Spell of Plato (Routledge Classics): Vol 1 by Karl Popper
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  "Plato criticised. This is a powerful work."
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The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume 2 (Routledge Classics S.)
18.  The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume 2 (Routledge Classics S.) by Karl Popper
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  "Hegel and Marx criticised. Hegel takes the most stick."
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Totem and Taboo (Routledge Classics)
19.  Totem and Taboo (Routledge Classics) by Sigmund Freud
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  "Very readable. Psychoanalysis searches for the origins of ethics."
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On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil (Oxford World's Classics)
20.  On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil (Oxford World's Classics) by Friedrich Nietzsche
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  "Just what it says on the label. All Nietzsche is worth reading: it's an experience!"
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Meditations (Penguin Classics)
21.  Meditations (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Aurelius
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  "Stoic wisdom."
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Wickedness: A Philosophical Essay (Routledge Classics)
22.  Wickedness: A Philosophical Essay (Routledge Classics) by Dr Mary Midgley
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  "Well written book on the nature of evil."
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Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift)
23.  Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift) by Henry David Thoreau
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  "How to be a good 'neighbour'. At a price Thoreau would have been proud of."
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Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority (Philosophical Series)
24.  Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority (Philosophical Series) by Emmanuel Levinas
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  "Very hard. Continental ethics at its finest. The face of the other and the infinite."
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Otherwise Than Being, or, Beyond Essence
25.  Otherwise Than Being, or, Beyond Essence by Emmanuel Levinas
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  "Again very hard. Proximity, the neighbour, trauma, obsession, the third person and scepticism: pointing towards a signification otherwise than Being."
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