Harry Gensler's Ethics introduces undergraduates to the main issues in contemporary moral philosophy. It also relates these issues to practical controversies, with special attention paid to racism, moral education, and abortion. It gives a practical method for thinking about moral issues, a method based largely on the golden rule. This second edition adds chapters on virtue ethics and natural law and also updates the companion EthiCola instructional computer program.

Introduction -- 1. Cultural Relativism -- 2. Subjectivism -- 3. Supernaturalism -- 4. Intuitionism -- 5. Emotivism -- 6. Prescriptivism -- 7. Consistency -- 8. The Golden Rule -- 9. Moral Rationality -- 10. Consequentialism -- 11. Nonconsequentialism -- 12. Virtue -- 13. Natural Law -- 14. Synthesis Chapter.