Some primary source texts for ethical theory and political philosophy
Utilitarianism
(Mill)
Deontology
(Kant)
Natural Law Theory
(Maritain)
Virtue Ethics (
Aristotle
)
Bernard Mandeville (1670 - 1733) (on egoism)
"
The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits (1714)
"
and
"
The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves Turn'd Honest (1705).
"
Edward Westermarck,
Ethical Relativity
(1932).