Suggested Readings for Assignment One

Although these are not required, I would highly recommend taking the time to read through at least one or two of the following:

In Contemporary Moral Problems:

• Introduction, pp. 2-9
  
• James Rachels - Egoism and Moral Scepticism, pp. 10-18
• William H. Shaw - Ethical Relativism, pp. 34-37

Online (all .pdf files will also be posted on Blackboard):

• Robert Bellah - The Quest for the Self: Individualism, Morality, Politics
• Martin Luther King, Jr. - The World House

Of the listed readings, I would stress Bellah and Rachels as near essentials for this essay. Although you need not feel the urge to quote them directly, your arguments will no doubt benefit from exploring theirs.

-J