Course Guides
Philosophy 306
Contemporary Ethical Theory
Created by Prof. Sheri Smith, Philosophy Department
and Prof. Patricia Brennan, James P. Adams Library
Reference Sources
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
REF B51 .R68 1998 (10 vols.) |
Encyclopedia of Philosophy + supplements |
REF B41 .E5 (8 vols. + supplement) |
Key Ideas in Human Thought |
REF B41 .K48 1993 |
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy |
REF B41 .B53 1994 |
Oxford Companion to Philosophy (new ed.) |
REF B51 .O94 2005 |
Oxford Reference
Online |
www.ric.edu/adamslibrary (Online Resources menu) |
HELIN Catalog
Suggested Subject Headings
Ethics: Note the enormous number of "Related Subjects" listed for the term Ethics. Note, also, the terms beginning with the adjective "Ethical," i.e. Ethical Relativism
Ethics, Modern - 20th Century
Names of specific philosophers may be used as subjects, i.e. Aristotle or Moore, G.E.
Or a specific work by a philosopher, i.e. Aristotle, Nicomachean ethicsMany of your readings come from the works of English phhilosophers, see also: Philosophy, English
Keyword Searching (examples)
Periodical Indices/Databases
Philosophy is a major focus of these indices:
JSTOR
Philosopher's Index [Choose from the Online Resources menu]
Humanities Full Text [Choose from the Online Resources menu]
Social Science Full Text [Choose from the Online Resources menu]Philosophy is covered among other fields in these indices:
Academic Search Premier
OmniFile Full TextConsider search strategies using terms that denote ethical "positions," such as non-cognitivism or moral relativism, as well as broader terms, such as metaethics. The names of specific philosophers can also be used in your strategy to find journal articles.
Web resources
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (ed. James Fieser, University of Tennessee)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (ed. Edward Zalta, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford)
Ethics Update (ed. Lawrence Himman, University of San Diego)
Philosophical Ethics -- the course page for Philosophy 361 taught by Stephen Darwall at the University of Michigan. You may link to many of the course readings he uses as illustrations because they are in JSTOR to which Adams Library subscribes.