Introduction.1. Gorgias 482-484, 488-500: Plato.2. Nicomachean Ethics Book 1: Aristotle.3. 'Letter to Menoecus' and 'Leading Doctrines': Epicurus.4. 'Human Nature is Good': Mencius.'Man's Nature is Evil': Hsun Tzu.5. The Book of Chuang Tzu Chapters 9, 13-14.6. The Bhagavad Gita Chapters 1-5.7. The Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 8 (Verses 89-140): Santideva.The Second Path: Tsongkapa and Pabongka Rinpoche.8. Summa Theologica I-II Questions 55, 58, 61-63: St. Thomas Acquinas.9. Sermon 'Upon the love of our neighbour': Joseph Butler.10. A Treatise of Human Nature Book III Part 1 Sections 1-2: David Hume.11. Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals Preface and Section 1: Immanuel Kant.12. Fear and Trembling Problema I: Soren Kierkegaard.13. Utilitarianism Chapter 2: John Stuart Mill.14. On the Genealogy of Morals Essay I Sections 2-14, 16: Friedrich Nietzsche.15. Principia Ethica Chapter 1 Sections 1-2, 5-15: G. E. Moore.16. The Right and the Good Chapter 2: W. D. Ross.17. The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms: Charles L. Stevenson.