Dialogue, A Journal for Religious Studies and Philosophy

Edited by Jeremy Hall, John Waters, Martin Bacon, Peter Cole and Terence Copley. A biannual journal priced £7.50 and available from John Waters, , Dialogue,P.O. Box 1098, Bircham, King's Lynn, PE31 6XA

An excellent source of articles aimed at Upper VIth A Level students on ethics and Biblical topics written by examiners, A Level Teachers and Academics. Recent authors include Peter Vardy, Bernard Hoose and Arthur Giles.

The Philosopher's Magazine

Edited by Julain Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom, published quarterly at £11.80 per year and available from The Philsophers' magazine subscriptions, 43 Millharbour, London E14 9TR.

Another very useful magazine for ethical and philosophical theory, philosophy of religion and applied ethics. It contains news, short bibliographies of philosophers, longer article son traditional and modern philosophical problems with contributions from modern philosophers and Philosophy Academics.

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Ethical Studies
By Robert Bowie, ISBN: 0748757988 (Nelsonthornes, 2001), available from NelsonThornes, and through Amazon, due out October 2001)
The book is for AS and A2 Ethics courses and is designed to be a complete solution for teachers and students. Chapters include notes written on the topic, activities and tasks and extracts from original sources. It and has chapters on Absolutism and Relativism, Natural Moral Law, Utilitarianism, Kant, Naturalism, Intuitionism, Emotivism, Prescriptivism, Determinism and Free Will, Situation Ethics, Virtue Theory, Religion and morality, Conscience, Egoism, Sexual Ethics and Homosexuality, Abortion, Voluntary Euthanasia, War and Peace, Rights, Human and Animal, Human Cloning. In the appendix are sections covering Study Skills, The Internet and ICT, a Glossary of Ethical Terms, a Bibliography and an Index

An Introduction to Christian Ethics  
Roger H. Crook .(Prentice Hall March 15, 2002)
ISBN: 0130341495

An execcelen guiode to Christian ethics looking at different denomentation's approaches to ethics. It covers both theory and practice and inlcudes non christian approaches in one chapter as well. An excellent and timely addition, strongly recommended

The Puzzle of Ethics
By Peter Vardy and Paul Grosch, (FOUNT:UK,1994)
ISBN 0 00 627701-2
Peter Vardy was described by Theology as "a gifted communicator. He is the best popularizer of philosophy of religion currently working in Britain.". This book, written with Paul Grosch provides a readable introduction to ethics with questions at the end of each section. It is suitable for A Level and should be considered for your class sets.
Chapters include: Truth in ethics, Plato, Aristotle, Natural Law, Kant, Utilitarianism, Intuitionism and Emotivism, MacIntrye and Buddhist Ethics, Situation Ethics, Justice and Morality, Abortion, Euthanasia, just war, human rights, animal rights, environmental ethics, and a further reading list an index.

Moral Problems, a coursebook for Schools and Colleges
by Michael Palmer, (LUTTERWORTH PRESS:Cambridge, 1991)
ISBN 0-7188-2791-0
Initially devised for the sixth form at The Manchester Grammer School, this book is suitable for upper and lower sixth form A level students and is a standard basic introduction to ethics. A serious candidate to have as a set. It includes chapters on Normative ethics, egoism, utilitarianism, Kant, Determinism and an appendix on meta-ethics. Each chapter is full of case studies and applied to practical problems. Palmer uses a lot of original sources and complements the text with activities and questions in each section.

AS/A Level Religious Studies, Exam revision Notes
Sarah K, Tyler (philip allen updates, Deddington, 2000)
A handy addition with short summary notes on the main topics in a variety of areas of Religious studies including the Old Testament, new Testament, Philosopher of Religion and Ethics. The Ethics section covers Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, Natural Law and Conscience, Situation Ethics, Abortion, Euthanasia, Reproductive Issues and War and punishment.

Ethics and Religion
J Jenkins, Heinemann Advanced Religious Studies,
A coursebook covering some of the key ethical areas and providing a good introduction to some of the theories. The book is well laid out contains many extracts from a number of sources and questions throughout..

Ethics for Beginners
by Dave Robinson and Chriss Garratt, (ICON BOOKS:, Cambridge, 1996)
ISBN 1-874166-40-4
A wonderful image and caption based introduction to ethics in the Icon series. It effectively takes the reader through ethics topics in a very student friendly way.

Philosophy for Beginners
by Richard Osborne and Illustrated by Ralph Edney, (WRITERS AND READERS:NY, 1992)
ISBN 0-86316-157-x
Another image and caption based introduction, this time to Philosophy as a whole.

Ethics, a contemporary introduction
by Harry J. Gensler, (ROUTLEGDE:London and New York, 1998)
ISBN 0-415-15625-4
A new addition which uses Gensler's Ima style to introduce key ethical/philosophical concepts. Chapters cover: Relativism, Subjectivism, supernaturalism, Intuitionism, Emotivism, prescriptivism, Consistancy, the Golden Rule, Moral nationality, Consequentialism, Nonconsequentialism, Syntheses and an appendix on computer exercises, a glossary, bibliography and index. There is also a website where you can try online ethics questions or download some software to run on your own machines. http://www.linguistics.routledge.com/routledge/philosophy/cip/ethics.htm#ET

Oxford Readers, Ethics
edited by peter Singer, (OUP:Oxford, 1994)
ISBN 0-19-289245-2
A Selection of ethical writings from a wide range of sources, primarily of a theoretical nature. A good reference volume.

A new Dictionary of Christian Ethics
edited by John Macquarrie and James Childress, (SCM:London, 1995)
ISBN 0-334-02204-5
A standard text for your reference shelf with hundreds of short articles of a consistently high standard.

The Elements of Moral Philosophy (2nd edition)
by James Rachels (McGraw-Hill: USA, 1986)
ISBN 0-07-051098
A Very readable introduction to Ethics with chapters on What is Morality, Cutural relativism, Subjectivism, Morality and Religion, Egoism, Utilitarianism, Absolutism, Kant, the Social Contract and Virtue. A good resource for students and teachers.

Ethics:The big Questions in the series Philosophy:the big questions
edited by James P. Sterba (BLACKWELL:Oxford, 1998)
ISBN 0-631-20286-2
A Comprehensive anthology of ethical writings on ethical theory with challenges from modern philosophical perspectives. One for the reference shelf.

Philosophy in practice, an introduction to the main questions
by Adam Morton, (BLACKWELL: Oxford, 1996)
A very different kind of introductory philosophy textbook, focussing on activities rather than simply theories. It is very well suited to A Level teachers and students and makes for interesting lessons as it is activity based. As each chapter progresses easy explanations move on to harder ones with activities sewn into the progression.

Practical Ethics (second edition)

Peter Singer (CUP: UK, 1993)
ISBN 052143971x

A clear and comprehensive introduction to applied ethics looking at issues such as discrimination by race, sex, ability or species, abortion,m euthanasia and embryo experimentation, moral status of animals, political valance and civil disobedience, overseas aid, the environment and refugees.

Groundwork of Christian Ethics
Richard G Jones (EPWORTH: London, 1984)
ISBN 0716203995
More suited to Christian Ethics courses rather than those focussed on philosophical ethics, the text examines, among other topics, biblical ethics, Christian social teaching, sexuality and marriage, and contemporary problems.

Ethics, Inventing Right and Wrong
by J.L. Mackie (Penguin: London, 1977)
ISBN: 0140135588
A classic text from a leading relativist, Makie's work is a well written challenging read. His critique against objective morality and case for the subjectivity of values is an important contribution, well worth a read for ethics teachers and students alike.

Causing Death and Saving Lives
by Jonathan Glover (Penguin, London 1977)
ISBN 0140134794
A fascinating study of the moral problems of abortion, infanticide, suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment and other life or death choices. Essential reading.

Animal Rights and Wrongs
by Roger Scruton (Metro Books, UK, 2000)
ISBN 1900512815
Essential reading for an understanding of animals rights in which Scruton replaces traditional rights based arguments with a virtue based approach.

Dictionary of Philosophy
Ed Anthoney Flew (PAN: London, 1979)
ISBN 0330283596
A very helpful paperback dictionary of philosophy with readable definitions, adequate for students and teachers who don't want to splash out on the more expensive titles.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers
Ed J.O. Urmson & Jonathan Ree (Routledge, London, 1991)
ISBN 0415078830
An alternative paperback dictionary of philosophy with readable definitions, adequate for students and teachers who don't want to splash out on the more expensive titles.

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
edited by Ted Honderich (OUP:Oxford, 1996)
ISBN 0-19-866132-0
The Observer described it as "that rarest on things: a philosophical work that is genuinely entertaining ... by far the best - and best value - philosophical reference book on the market." Another excellent contribution to the reference shelf.

Ethics in Practice

Edited by Hugh Lafollette, (BLACKWELLS: Oxford, 1977)
ISBN 1-55786-640-6

A valuable reference volume which provides a series of essays on each topic. Topics include Euthanasia, Abortion, Animals, Sexuality, Drugs, Punishment and the Environment. 700 pages of classic essays from many authors. Useful not only for the teacher but also pupils doing coursework topics covered in the book..

Ethics, History, Theory and Contemporary Issues
Edited by S.C. Cahn and P. Markie (OUP: Oxford, 1998)
ISBN 0-19-510453-6
A collection of original sources, classic essay on ethical theory and contemporary issues from dozens of different authors. Another valuable addition to the reference shelf.

Christian Ethics, an introduction
edited by Bernard Hoose, (CASSELL:London, 1998)
ISBN 0 304 70264 1
A good new collection fo writings on Christian Ethics with chapters on The Bible and Christian ethics, Natural Law, Authority and Moral teaching, Absolute Moral Norms, Virtue Ethics, The human person, conscience, the fundamental option and moral action, feminist ethics, justice, property, morality and law, punishment, war and peace, sex, divorce and remarriage, truth and lies, euthanasia, new reproductive techniques, organ transplantation, hypnosis, and an index

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