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How to Access and Use the Books
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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. What is an Open Textbook?
  6. How to Access and Use the Books
  7. Introduction to the Series
  8. Praise for the Book
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction to the Book
  11. Aren’t Right and Wrong Just Matters of Opinion? On Moral Relativism and Subjectivism
  12. Can We Have Ethics without Religion? On Divine Command Theory and Natural Law Theory
  13. How Can I Be a Better Person? On Virtue Ethics
  14. What’s in it for Me? On Egoism and Social Contract Theory
  15. Utilitarianism
  16. Kantian Deontology
  17. Feminism and Feminist Ethics
  18. Evolutionary Ethics
  19. About the Contributors
  20. Feedback and Suggestions
  21. Adoption Form
  22. Licensing and Attribution Information
  23. Review Statement
  24. Accessibility Assessment
  25. Version History

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How to Access and Use the Books

How to Use

Christina Hendricks

We hope the books (or chapters in the books) will be adopted for introductory-level courses in philosophy, as part of required readings. You may use the books as they are, or create adaptations or ancillaries. One of the important benefits of the Introduction to Philosophy series is that instructors can mix and match chapters from various books to make their own customized set of readings for their courses.

Be sure to read the licensing information carefully and attribute the chapters or book properly when reusing, redistributing, or adapting.

Each book can be read online, and is also downloadable in multiple formats, from their respective book home pages (e.g., Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics).

  • The .odt format can be opened by Open Office, Libre Office, or Microsoft Word. Note that there may be some issues with formatting on this format, and hyperlinks may not appear if opened with MS Word.
  • The PDF files can be edited with Adobe Acrobat (the full program, not just the Reader) or printed out. The print version of the PDF does not have hyperlinks.
  • The EPUB and MOBI files can be loaded onto digital reading platforms like Adobe Digital Editions, Apple Books, and Kindle. They can also be edited using Pressbooks or tools like Calibre.
  • Edits can be made using the XHTML format or via the Pressbooks XML format (for easier adaptation in Pressbooks).
  • The book is also available for download as a Common Cartridge 1.1 file (with web links) for import into your learning management system (see instructions for importing Common Cartridge files, from the Pressbooks User Guide).

The multiple editable formats allow instructors to adapt the books as needed to fit their contexts. Another way to create adaptations is to involve students in contributing to open textbooks. Students may add new sections to an adapted book, link to other resources, create discussion questions or quiz questions, and more. Please see Rebus Community’s A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students for more information and ideas.

If you plan to use or adapt one or more books (or chapters), we’d love to hear about it! Please let us know on the Rebus Community platform, and also on our adoption form.

And if you have feedback or suggestions about the book, we would really appreciate those as well. We have a separate form for keeping track of issues with digital accessibility, so please let us know if you find any.

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Copyright © 2019. Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics by Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere, Douglas Giles, Ya-Yun (Sherry) Kao, Michael Klenk, Joseph Kranak, Kathryn MacKay, Jeffrey Morgan, Paul Rezkalla, George Matthews (Book Editor), and Christina Hendricks (Series Editor) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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