Over at Pea Soup they have a list of the important books on contemporary ethics that one probably ought to read to be up to speed on contemporary ethics. Outside of Nagel's The View from Nowhere I can honestly say I've not read any of them. This is undoubtedly a hidden shame were it not for the fact that I'm announcing it to everyone here. Anyway, since I keep getting asked questions about ethics to which I am a most unsuitable source, I thought I'd post the link for others to fill their library.
Don’t feel too bad, Clark. I haven’t read any of the books on the list, and there are only 1 or 2 I’m even remotely interested in reading. I’m no philosopher, but contemporary ethics is to philosophy what “Gilligan’s Island” was to television. I’m anxiously awaiting some brilliant philosopher who can do for ethics what Goodman did for aesthetics with Languages of Art.
Clark, I highly recommend Reasons and Persons. I think you might find many of the issues related to personal identity interesting. It's literally one of the most tedious books to read that I know, for the first few hundred pages, but by the end, I was very glad I had read it.
Alas I have a backlog of about 10 books awaiting purchase on Amazon when I have a bit more disposable income. (i.e. after Christmas is paid for) Then I still have about a dozen books unread, not to mention the books I really need to carefully reread. (i.e. my project of rereading some of Ricouer, Peirce, and Heidegger, not to mention Williamson's excellent book on epistemology) So I can say I'd read it. But honestly, it'd go down towards the bottom of the heap.
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