Ethics (Oxford Readers) (1994)

edited by Singer, a series of ethics based essay from Aristotle to modern thinkers. excellent resource. ( )

This text packs 90 excerpts into just over 400 pages. Although these excerpts must be brief, Singer has chosen well as an editor to maximize the content communicated by each, to give the reader exposure to as many different points of view as possible. Although he gives a brief introduction to each chapter, the excerpts themselves are unadorned by questions to ponder or other such pedagogical devices. Instead, the readings within each section are carefully arranged so that the questions will arise from the reader's mind, in noting the contrasts between selections. A bibliography and a short biographical paragraph for each anthologized writer are included at the end of the book. This text is a sourcebook to be cited by a gifted lecturer, or an appetizer for readers who might wish to get a feel for the diversity of the field before reading further in original works. While the choice of works and arrangement do provide some structure and guidance, the reader is not dominated by exposition, which may be an ethical statement in itself. Not recommended as the sole work on ethics for a reader, but an interesting and accessible sampling.