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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

Moral Philosophy

Web Links

Philosophers

Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy:
(http://www.epicurus.net/)

http://www.epicurus.net/
Epicurus Biography
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/epiu.htm)

http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/epiu.htm
Epicurus and Related Topics:
(http://www.atomic-swerve.net/tpg/epicurus.html)

http://www.atomic-swerve.net/tpg/epicurus.html
Epicurus - Principal Doctrines:
(http://www.epicurus.net/principal.html)

http://www.epicurus.net/principal.html
Epicurus Biography:
(http://www.xrefer.com/entry/551931)

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/551931
Zeno of Elea
(http://plato.evansville.edu/public/burnet/ch8a.htm#157)

John Burnet: Early Greek Philosophy, section on Dialectic.
Paradox of the Tortise and Achilles:
(http://www.mathacademy.com/platonic_realms/encyclop/articles/zeno_tort.html)

http://www.mathacademy.com/platonic_realms/encyclop/articles/zeno_tort.html
Zeno Biography:
(http://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/history/zeno.html)

http://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/history/zeno.html
ictetus at the Internet Classics Archive:
(http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Epictetus.html)

http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Epictetus.html
Epictetus Biography:
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/epit.htm)

http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/epit.htm
Epictetus: The Fundamentals:
(http://www.cognitivetherapy.com/epictetus.html)

http://www.cognitivetherapy.com/epictetus.html
Freedom in the Walled City of the Mind:
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/stoics.html)

http://www.fred.net/tzaka/stoics.html
Diogenes of Sinope: Essay:
(http://www.benbest.com/philo/diogenes.html)

http://www.benbest.com/philo/diogenes.html
Diogenes Biography:
(http://plato.evansville.edu/public/burnet/ch10b.htm)

http://plato.evansville.edu/public/burnet/ch10b.htm
Hildegard of Bingen Biography:
(http://tweedledee.ucsb.edu/~kris/music/Hildegard.html)

http://tweedledee.ucsb.edu/~kris/music/Hildegard.html
Hildegard of Bingen Discography:
(http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/MedDiscographyHild.html)

http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/MedDiscographyHild.html
Hildegard von Bingen:
(http://www.lyrichord.com/reference/ref8027.html)

http://www.lyrichord.com/reference/ref8027.html
Saint Hildegard of Bingen:
(http://carmelnet.org/missions/saints/hildegard/hildegard.htm)

http://carmelnet.org/missions/saints/hildegard/hildegard.htm
Heloise: Biography:
(http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/heloise.html)

http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/heloise.html
Heloise's First Letter to Abelard:
(http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/heloise.html)

http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/heloise.html
Heloise from About.com:
(http://historymedren.about.com/homework/historymedren/library/who/blwwheloise.htm)

http://historymedren.about.com/homework/historymedren/library/who/blwwheloise.htm
Abelard Biography:
(http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/142.html)

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/142.html
Abelard:
(http://www.xrefer.com/entry/551190)

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/551190
The Story of Abelard:
(http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/culture/Philos/abelard1.html)

http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/culture/Philos/abelard1.html
Chronicles of Love and Resentment:
(http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/anthropoetics/views/view13.htm)

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/anthropoetics/views/view13.htm
The Grave of Abelard:
(http://www.findagrave.com/pictures/abelardp.html)

http://www.findagrave.com/pictures/abelardp.html
Jeremy Bentham
(http://www.utilitarianism.com/bentham.htm)

General info.
Jeremy Bentham
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Bentham.htm)

Biography.
"Bentham" by John Stuart Mill
(http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/het/bentham/bentham)

Full text.
Jeremy's Labyrinth
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/poltheory/bentham/index.html)

Links to electronic texts.
Jeremy Bentham
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Bent)

From EpistemeLinks.
John Stuart Mill Institute
(http://websites.ntl.com/~julian.wates/JSMI_Site/)

John Stuart Mill
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Mill)

Links from Epistemelinks.com.
John Stuart Mill
(http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/het/mill/index.htm)

Bibliography and links to electronic texts.
John Stuart Mill
(http://www.island-of-freedom.com/MILL.HTM)

From Island of Freedom, general info and links.
John Stuart Mill
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Mill.htm)

Biography and quotes.
John Stuart Mill
(http://websites.ntl.com/~julian.wates/JSMI_Site/Mill.htm)

General info and links.
The Debate Surrounding Female Suffrage, March-May, 1867 by Mill
(http://departments.vassar.edu/~victstud/lockwoodpaper.html)

Commentary.
Speech in Favor of Capital Punishment by Mill
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/Mill.html)

Full text.
Representative Government by Mill
(http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/m/m645r/)

Full text.
Utilitarianism by Mill
(http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/etext/m/m645u/)

Full text.
John Stuart Mill Discussion Deck
(http://www.westerncanon.com/cgibin/lecture/JohnStuarthall/wwwboard.html)

On-line discussion forum.
Terms/Concepts

Deontological Ethics
(http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/users/vaughan/text/lex/defs/deontological.html)

An overview.
An Ethic of Duty - Deontology and Kant
(http://sol.brunel.ac.uk/~jarvis/bola/ethics/duty.html)

Ethics Glossary entry for Deontology
(http://www.r.bowie.btinternet.co.uk/ethics/glossary.html#D)

Christian Divine Command Theory
(http://members.aol.com/chinwuba78/christ.htm)

Morality Requires God...or Does It?
(http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/schick_17_3.html)

Essay by Theodore Schick, Jr.
Universalism and Relativism
(http://sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu/~djr/relativism.html)

An overview of the division between these two positions.
What is Truth -- and does it Matter?
(http://www.frontiernet.com/~kenc/truth.htm)

An essay on relativism and ethics by Kenneth Cauthen.
The Moral Attractions of Relativism
(http://www.stier.net/writing/rel/rel.htm)

A Critique.
Relativism in an Historical Perspective
(http://php.iupui.edu/~jtownsle/papers/relatv.html)

An essay.
Ethical Theory; Ethics; Relativism; Pluralism
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/relativism.html)

Links.
Relativism: The central problem for faith today
(http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Homiletic/04-97/12/12.html)

Catholic viewpoint essay.
The Truth in Ethical Relativism
(http://www.etsu.edu/philos/faculty/hugh/relative.htm)

Essay by Hugh LaFollette.
Ethical Relativism
(http://news.pepperdine.edu/gsep/class/ethics/relativism/default.html)

More general information.
Altruistic Hedonism
(http://www.bible-infonet.org/ff/articles/living/108_09_08.htm)

An essay by Steve Gibson.
Hedonism and Fulfillment
(http://www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/values/val001.htm)

Criticism.
Christian Hedonism
(http://desiringgod.org/Online_Library/OnlineArticles/Subjects/ChristianHedonism/Christian... )

Egoism
(http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~ghh/319/Lecture02.html)

General Overview.
Ethical Theory; Ethics; Egoism
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/egoism.html)

Links.
Ethical Egoism
(http://www.acusd.edu/~janderso/132/egoism.html)

Arguments for and against.
Ethical Egoism
(http://news.pepperdine.edu/gsep/class/ethics/ethical_egoism/default.htm)

General information.
The Truth in Psychological Egoism
(http://www.etsu.edu/philos/faculty/hugh/egoism.htm)

Essay by Hugh LaFollete.
Kant's Argument for the Categorical Imperative
(http://www.acusd.edu/~janderso/137/kant.html)

On Probabilities of Determining Maxims of Volition: Moral Responsibility in Applying the ...
(http://home.earthlink.net/~dave_jenkins/kant/dj_ci.html)

Essay by David R. Jenkins.
Categorical Imperative
(http://www.magna.com.au/~moo/ethicweb/categorical_imperative.htm)

Essay.
The Categorical Imperative in Modern Times
(http://members.aye.net/~jfbaker/kant.html)

Essay.