Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank to Accompany
The Ethical Life, Fifth Edition
By Russ Shafer-Landau
Prepared by Justin Horn, Ben Schwan, and Emma Prendergast
Oxford University Press
New York
2020
© 2021 Oxford University Press
, Contents
Instructor’s Guide
Summaries and Essay Questions
Preface
A Note on the Companion Volume
Introduction
PART I The Good Life
1. John Stuart Mill Hedonism
2. Robert Nozick The Experience Machine
3. Chris Heathwood Faring Well and Getting What You Want
4. Brad Hooker The Elements of Well-Being
5. Susan Wolf Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life
PART II Normative Ethics: Theories of Right Conduct
6. Plato Euthyphro
7. Thomas Aquinas Natural Law
8. John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism
9. Immanuel Kant The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative
10. Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
11. W. D. Ross What Makes Right Acts Right?
12. Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
13. Hilde Lindemann What Is Feminist Ethics?
PART III Metaethics: The Status of Morality
14. David Hume Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason
15. J. L. Mackie The Subjectivity of Values
16. Gilbert Harman Ethics and Observation
17. Mary Midgley Trying out One’s New Sword
18. David Enoch Why I Am an Objectivist About Ethics (And Why You Are, Too)
19. Sarah McGrath Moral Knowledge
PART IV Moral Problems
20. Kwame Anthony Appiah What Will Future Generations Condemn Us For?
POVERTY AND HUNGER
21. Peter Singer The Singer Solution to World Poverty
22. Onora O’Neill A Kantian Approach to Famine Relief
EUTHANASIA AND A MODEST PROPOSAL
23. James Rachels The Morality of Euthanasia
24. John Harris The Survival Lottery
IMMIGRATION
25. Christopher Heath Wellman Refugees and the Right to Control Immigration
26. Michael Huemer Is There a Right to Immigrate?
ANIMALS
27. Peter Carruthers Against the Moral Standing of Animals
THE MORAL STATUS OF ANIMALS
28. Alastair Norcross Puppies, Pigs, and People: Eating Meat and Marginal Cases
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,THE ENVIRONMENT
29. John Broome The Public and Private Morality of Climate Change
30. Thomas Hill, Jr. Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments
ABORTION
31. Judith Jarvis Thomson A Defense of Abortion
32. Don Marquis Why Abortion Is Immoral
33. Philippa Foot Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect
THE DEATH PENALTY
34. Igor Primoratz Justifying Legal Punishment
35. Stephen Nathanson An Eye for an Eye?
GUNS
36. Jeff McMahan Why Gun ‘Control’ Is Not Enough
37. Michael Huemer Is There a Right to Own a Gun?
THE LEGACY OF RACISM
38. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham City Jail
39. Daniel Hausman Affirmative Action: Bad Arguments and Some Good Ones
40. Elizabeth Anderson The Future of Racial Integration
DRUGS
41. Douglas Husak In Favor of Drug Decriminalization
42. Peter de Marneffe Against the Legalization of Drugs
Test Bank: Multiple Choice and Essay Questions
Weblinks
Suggestions for Further Reading
© 2021 Oxford University Press
, Instructor’s Guide
ABOUT THE BOOK
This book provides a selection of work that ranges across each of the four major areas of moral
philosophy. It starts with a part on value theory and the nature of the good life, proceeds to issues
within normative ethics, then presents essays in metaethics, and concludes with a very
substantial selection of work on specific moral problems. The Web materials that follow are
designed to help students work their way through this sometimes difficult material. There are
comprehension and critical thinking questions, introductions to each of the pieces included in the
book, essay questions, weblinks, and PowerPoint slides that reconstruct the central theses and
arguments for each of the readings in the book.
The Ethical Life can serve as a stand-alone survey of moral philosophy, but it also has a
companion text, The Fundamentals of Ethics (Oxford University Press), which is an accessible
introduction to many of the central issues that arise when thinking about the good life, normative
ethics, and the status of morality (metaethics). This website provides a good starting point for
further exploration of the readings presented in The Ethical Life. But for those who seek more
philosophical background for the views offered in The Ethical Life, the companion text and the
materials described in the section of Suggestions for Further Reading would be good resources
to rely on.
General Features of the Instructor’s Manual
For each part of the anthology, this instructor's manual contains:
A short introduction to the part.
Essay questions on the main themes of the part.
Suggestions for further reading.
Links to relevant websites.
For each entry in the anthology, this instructor’s manual contains:
A summary of the entry, explaining the main arguments of the piece.
Essay questions on each entry.
The Test Bank section of this instructor's manual contains:
Broad essay questions for the first three parts of the work.
Multiple choice questions for each entry.
Essay questions for each entry.
Table of Contents
1. Part I materials
2. Part II materials
3. Part III materials
4. Part IV materials
© 2021 Oxford University Press
The Ethical Life, Fifth Edition
By Russ Shafer-Landau
Prepared by Justin Horn, Ben Schwan, and Emma Prendergast
Oxford University Press
New York
2020
© 2021 Oxford University Press
, Contents
Instructor’s Guide
Summaries and Essay Questions
Preface
A Note on the Companion Volume
Introduction
PART I The Good Life
1. John Stuart Mill Hedonism
2. Robert Nozick The Experience Machine
3. Chris Heathwood Faring Well and Getting What You Want
4. Brad Hooker The Elements of Well-Being
5. Susan Wolf Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life
PART II Normative Ethics: Theories of Right Conduct
6. Plato Euthyphro
7. Thomas Aquinas Natural Law
8. John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism
9. Immanuel Kant The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative
10. Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
11. W. D. Ross What Makes Right Acts Right?
12. Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
13. Hilde Lindemann What Is Feminist Ethics?
PART III Metaethics: The Status of Morality
14. David Hume Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason
15. J. L. Mackie The Subjectivity of Values
16. Gilbert Harman Ethics and Observation
17. Mary Midgley Trying out One’s New Sword
18. David Enoch Why I Am an Objectivist About Ethics (And Why You Are, Too)
19. Sarah McGrath Moral Knowledge
PART IV Moral Problems
20. Kwame Anthony Appiah What Will Future Generations Condemn Us For?
POVERTY AND HUNGER
21. Peter Singer The Singer Solution to World Poverty
22. Onora O’Neill A Kantian Approach to Famine Relief
EUTHANASIA AND A MODEST PROPOSAL
23. James Rachels The Morality of Euthanasia
24. John Harris The Survival Lottery
IMMIGRATION
25. Christopher Heath Wellman Refugees and the Right to Control Immigration
26. Michael Huemer Is There a Right to Immigrate?
ANIMALS
27. Peter Carruthers Against the Moral Standing of Animals
THE MORAL STATUS OF ANIMALS
28. Alastair Norcross Puppies, Pigs, and People: Eating Meat and Marginal Cases
© 2021 Oxford University Press
,THE ENVIRONMENT
29. John Broome The Public and Private Morality of Climate Change
30. Thomas Hill, Jr. Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments
ABORTION
31. Judith Jarvis Thomson A Defense of Abortion
32. Don Marquis Why Abortion Is Immoral
33. Philippa Foot Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect
THE DEATH PENALTY
34. Igor Primoratz Justifying Legal Punishment
35. Stephen Nathanson An Eye for an Eye?
GUNS
36. Jeff McMahan Why Gun ‘Control’ Is Not Enough
37. Michael Huemer Is There a Right to Own a Gun?
THE LEGACY OF RACISM
38. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham City Jail
39. Daniel Hausman Affirmative Action: Bad Arguments and Some Good Ones
40. Elizabeth Anderson The Future of Racial Integration
DRUGS
41. Douglas Husak In Favor of Drug Decriminalization
42. Peter de Marneffe Against the Legalization of Drugs
Test Bank: Multiple Choice and Essay Questions
Weblinks
Suggestions for Further Reading
© 2021 Oxford University Press
, Instructor’s Guide
ABOUT THE BOOK
This book provides a selection of work that ranges across each of the four major areas of moral
philosophy. It starts with a part on value theory and the nature of the good life, proceeds to issues
within normative ethics, then presents essays in metaethics, and concludes with a very
substantial selection of work on specific moral problems. The Web materials that follow are
designed to help students work their way through this sometimes difficult material. There are
comprehension and critical thinking questions, introductions to each of the pieces included in the
book, essay questions, weblinks, and PowerPoint slides that reconstruct the central theses and
arguments for each of the readings in the book.
The Ethical Life can serve as a stand-alone survey of moral philosophy, but it also has a
companion text, The Fundamentals of Ethics (Oxford University Press), which is an accessible
introduction to many of the central issues that arise when thinking about the good life, normative
ethics, and the status of morality (metaethics). This website provides a good starting point for
further exploration of the readings presented in The Ethical Life. But for those who seek more
philosophical background for the views offered in The Ethical Life, the companion text and the
materials described in the section of Suggestions for Further Reading would be good resources
to rely on.
General Features of the Instructor’s Manual
For each part of the anthology, this instructor's manual contains:
A short introduction to the part.
Essay questions on the main themes of the part.
Suggestions for further reading.
Links to relevant websites.
For each entry in the anthology, this instructor’s manual contains:
A summary of the entry, explaining the main arguments of the piece.
Essay questions on each entry.
The Test Bank section of this instructor's manual contains:
Broad essay questions for the first three parts of the work.
Multiple choice questions for each entry.
Essay questions for each entry.
Table of Contents
1. Part I materials
2. Part II materials
3. Part III materials
4. Part IV materials
© 2021 Oxford University Press
