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9 Best Ethics Books

Goal: Find the best Ethics books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best ethics books" and study the top 6+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

9 Best Ethics Books

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1

Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

by Immanuel Kant

2

Nicomachean Ethics

by Aristotle

3

Practical Ethics

by Peter Singer

4

The Republic

by Plato

5

Reasons and Persons

by Derek Parfit

6

Ethics

History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues

by Steven M. Cahn

7

The Fundamentals of Ethics

by Russ Shafer-Landau

8

Utilitarianism

by John Stuart Mill

9

What We Owe to Each Other

by T. M. Scanlon

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