Category    Contemporary Moral Problem Book Review Egoism and moral skepticism James Rachel Quote: “No one, it is commonly believed, would have such iron strength of mind as to stand fast in doing right or keep his hands off other men’s goods,…

By: Joel Fienberg Quote: “all duties are correlated with the rights of those to whom the duty is owed” Review:     In this chapter Feinberg wants us to imagine a placed named Nowheresville where non of us has a right. There…

By: John Rawls Quote: “injustice, then, is simply inequalities that are not to the benefit of all” Review:     In this chapter John Rawls talks about justice and its 2 basic principle. Rawls bring up some arguments that need intellectual thinking…

By: Aristotle     Quote: “” Review: Integrative Question:   What is happiness, according to Aristotle? How is it related to virtue? How is it related to pleasure? Happiness for Aristotle is somehow not for honor, pleasure or anything else but for…

By: Friedrich Nietzsche Quote: “He who has not a hard heart when young, will never have one” – Friedrich Nietzsche   Review:     This chapter was written by Friedrich Nietzsche(1844-1900). He was a German philosopher and poet who is often viewed…

By: Ronald Dworkin Quote: “if a person have the rights to do something and it is wrong to interfere with them” Review:     In this chapter Ronald Dworkin talks about the rights of a person but in a strong sense, which…

By: Immanuel Kant Quote: “Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” Review:     Immanuel Kant is a German philosophers and one of the most important philosopher of…

By: James Rachelle Quote: “the woman who worked harder has a superior claim to the promotion, not because it promotes the general welfare for her to get it but because she has earned it” – James Rachelle Review:     In this…

By: Annette Baier Quote: “The best moral theory is the one that best harmonizes justice and care” Review:     In this chapter Baier criticize the works of Rawls, Kant and Gilligan. She stated that justice alone is not morally correct. She…

  By: Mary Midgley Quote: “ideals like discipline and devotion will not move anybody unless he himself accepts them” – Mary Midgley Review:     In this chapter we will see how Mary Midgley explains the theory of “moral isolationism”. This explains…