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Plato 427?–347 B.C.
Alcibiades 1
Introduction		 Commentary Plato: Alcibiades 1 Project Gutenberg  Jowett
Alcibiades          (Perseus) W.R.M. Lamb
Apology, introduction Commentary Plato: Apology,  ( Perseus) Harold North Fowler
Apology 4Literature.net Jowett
Apology Last Days of Socrates Jowett
Apology NetLibrary Jowett
Apology Exploring Ancient World Cultures Jowett
Crito, 
introduction		 Commentary Plato: Crito, tr. Harold North Fowler ( Perseus)
Crito Last Days of Socrates Jowett
Crito Exploring Ancient World Cultures Jowett
Crito EXPLORING PLATO'S DIALOGUES Jowett
Crito Ancient Sourcebook Jowett
Crito Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Jowett
Crito 4Literature.net Jowett
Euthyphro, introduction Commentary Plato: Euthyphro,  ( Perseus) Harold North Fowler
Euthyphro NetLibrary Jowett
Euthyphro Last Days of Socrates Jowett
Euthyphro 4Literature.net Jowett
Euthyphro Exploring Ancient World Cultures Jowett
Gorgias, introduction Commentary Plato: Gorgias, tr. Walter R. M. Lamb ( Perseus)
Gorgias NetLibrary Jowett
Gorgias Ancient Sourcebook Jowett
Gorgias 4Literature.net Jowett
Meno, 
introduction		 Meno1, Meno2 Plato: Meno, tr. Walter R. M. Lamb ( Perseus)
Meno Ancient Sourcebook Jowett
Meno NetLibrary Jowett
Meno 4Literature.net Jowett
Philebus, introduction Commentary Plato: Philebus 4literature.net Jowett
Philebus NetLibrary Jowett
Philebus 4Literature.net Jowett
Protagoras, introduction Commentary Plato: Protagoras etext library University of Adelaide
Protagoras NetLibrary Jowett
Protagoras 4Literature.net Jowett
Protagoras  Perseus Project Jowett
The Republic
  The Ring of Gyges
 Myth of the Cave

 



The Republic  Project Gutenberg (txt)
The Republic etext library University of Adelaide

Laws etext library University of Adelaide

The Ring of Gyges and the Myth of the Cave from Bernard Suzanne

Aristotle 384–322 B.C.

Nichomachean Ethics  

Eudemonia

 Aristotle: Eudemian Ethics ( Perseus)

HTML with chapter headings at nothingistic.org

Nichomachean Ethics. W.D. Ross, trans. Columbia University

 

Marcus Aurelius 121-180
Meditations   Meditations 4literature.net

 

Augustine 354–430

City of God 4literature.net

Confessions 4literature.net

 

Thomas Aquinas 1225–74

Summa Theologica: 
Treatise on Law 

 

 		Virtue  

Medieval Ethics

 HTML at CCEL

HTML at New Advent

Meaning of Virtue in Thomas Aquinas

 

Pico 1463–94

On the Dignity of Man Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man

 

Machiavelli 1469-1527

The Prince The Prince

 

 

Hobbes 1588-1679

 

Locke 1632–1704

Second Treatise of Government

Concerning Human Understanding

 Commentary Second Treatise of Government.

Locke, John: A Letter Concerning Toleration

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

 

Hume 1711-1776

Enquiry Concerning the 
Principles of Morals

Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

 Hume's Morality Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (based on the 1777 edition) (Gutenberg; unofficial until 31 Aug 2003)

Hume, David: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

 

Rousseau 1712-1778

The Social Contract Emile, or On Education

 

Immanuel Kant 1724–1804

Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals Project of Enlightenment  Gutenberg text; unofficial until 31 May 2004

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals


Thomas Paine 1737-1809

The Rights of Man  

 

Jeremy Bentham 1748-1832

 Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy's Labyrinth

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation The Library of Economics and Liberty

The Rationale of Punishment Jeremy's Labyrinth

The Rationale of Reward Jeremy's Labyrinth

 

Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 1792
 

 

John Stuart Mill 1806–73

Utilitarianism

Two Rules

 		Utilitarianism Björn's Guide to Philosophy

Mill, John Stuart: Utilitarianism etext library University of Adelaide

On Liberty utilitarianism.com

The Subjection of Women etext library University of Adelaide

Bentham Archive for the History of Economic Thought

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1844–1900

Thus spake Zarathustra etext library University of Adelaide

Beyond Good and Evil The Nietzsche Channel

On the Genealogy of Morals The Nietzsche Channel

On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral-Sense The Nietzsche Channel

The Gay Science The Nietzsche Channel

The Will to Power The Nietzsche Channel

Twilight of the Idols Nietzsche's Labyrinth

 

Jean Paul Sartre 1906-1980

Commentaries Notebooks for an Ethics

 

Isaiah Berlin 1909-1997

Plurality (pdf) Berlin's Big Idea

 

Alisdair MacIntyre 1929 -

On MacIntyre

 

John Rawls 1921- 

Two concepts of rules Commentaries

United Nations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights