Ethics shows students how to engage in the sort of self-reflection that leads to greater personal and social responsibility. What should I do? How should I live? How should I treat others? What is most important? – Having more of our citizens step back and think more about these questions is of service both to employers and to society at large, and likely improves the student’s own chances of living a good life.

This is a collection of OER readings in philosophical ethics, intended primarily for the high transfer course (under the tccns) PHIL2306 "Introduction to Ethics", and made possible by a GEER grant from the THECB. The collection aims to be comprehensive enough to suit the different teaching interests of different ethics instructors. The readings are organized according to the general topic area, which are separated by chapters, with several readings per chapter. Each chapter also has an introduction that introduces the general topic and the other readings in the chapter, and which supplements with explanations of points and concepts that are within the topic but are not well covered by the other readings.