Normative
Categories
- Social Darwinism (4)
- Utilitarianism (18)
Links
Living High and Letting Die, by Peter Unger
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/unger/lhld/
A radical "liberationist" account of ethics that argues that our ordinary intuitions about the moral status of charitable giving (and refraining from charitable giving), are radically wrong. An online book (with two chapters omitted).
Principles of Normative Ethics
http://www.stedwards.edu/ursery/norm.htm
Overview of normative ethical principles and theories.
The Golden Rule: Objections
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/golden.rule.html
Summarises some objections to the Golden Rule.
Consequentialism, Moralities of Concern, and Selfishness
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/ted9.htm
Ted Honderich on only consequences making actions right (consequentialism), and the selfishness of agent-relative moralities (non-consequentialisms).
Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and the Smart Aleck
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/ted6.htm
Ted Honderich on how freedom and determinism are really related, with special attention to Richard Double's views.
Equality and Egalitarianism - What It Really Comes To
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/whatequalityis.htm
Ted Honderich's political philosophy on the true basis of the tradition of egalitarianism - The Principle of Equality.
Equality and Egalitarianism - What It is Not, Fortunately
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/whatequalityisnot.htm
Ted Honderich on the misunderstandings and deceptions surrounding egalitarianism.
Consequentialism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/
The view that normative properties depend only on consequences; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.