Author(s): Zachary Rhone
An OER Ethics Reader contains several foundational philosophical readings in the area of ethics. Readers will trace the historical progression of ethics from as early as Confucius and as late as John Stuart Mill. The PDF is a carefully-edited volume that is easily navigable with bookmarks and an interactive table of contents.
SELECTIONS FROM THE ANALECTS BY CONFUCIUS, CA. 500 BC
SELECTIONS FROM THE REPUBLIC BY PLATO, 381 BC
SELECTIONS FROM NICOMACHEAN ETHICS BY ARISTOTLE, 350 BC
SELECTIONS FROM ON DUTIES BY MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, 44 BC
LUKE 6.12-49, 10.25-37 FROM OPEN ENGLISH BIBLE, CA. 70 AD
SELECTIONS FROM AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLE OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION BY JEREMY BENTHAM, 1780 AD
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS BY IMMANUEL KANT, 1785 AD
UTILITARIANISM BY JOHN STUART MILL, 1861 AD