General Ethical Theories

Go to Grolier's Encyclopedia Link under KNOWLEDGE and read all three: Encyclopedia Americana, and the Grolier's Multimedia, and lastly New Book of Knowledge. There is no off site access to Groliers; do this on school grounds.

The Evolution of Ethics

Ethics

Introduction to Ethics

These four short articles cover the range of ethical theories.

#1 - egoism

http://truth.wofford.edu/~kaycd/ethics/egoism.htm

#2 - utilitarianism

http://truth.wofford.edu/~kaycd/ethics/util.htm

#3 - Kant's Categorical Imperative

http://truth.wofford.edu/~kaycd/ethics/deon.htm

#4 - Rawls' Theory of Justice

http://truth.wofford.edu/~kaycd/ethics/justice.htm

Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning

A Summary of Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

Stages of Moral Development by Lawrence Kohlberg

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2200/Kohlberg.htm

Moral Development and Moral Education: An Overview

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

Six Stages of Moral Judgement

John Rawls

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy--Original Position

Notes on John Rawls

The Politics of John Rawls

John Rawls: A Theory of Justice

Kant's Categorical Imperative

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/c/catimper.htm

http://www.geocities.com/bigmike_75/essays/b/b54.html

http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/catergoricalimperative.htm

updated 11/7/2011