Ethics audiobooks
How should we live?
Moral philosophy from several traditions: Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments, Bernard Mandeville's scandalous Fable of the Bees, Immanuel Kant, G. E. Moore's Principia Ethica, John Dewey and Edvard Westermarck's anthropology of moral ideas. A shelf for thinking hard about right, wrong and why it matters.
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Under 5 hours — finish one this weekAll 14 ethics audiobooks
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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As a Man Thinketh
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The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits
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The Science of Getting Rich
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Self-Help
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
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Principia Ethica
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A Manual of Moral Philosophy
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Acres of Diamonds
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Ethics
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Practical Ethics
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Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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The Conquest of Happiness
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The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings
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Are these ethics audiobooks free?
The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 14 ethics titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Can I read along while I listen?
Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.
What's the shortest and longest ethics audiobook here?
As a Man Thinketh is the shortest at 44 min; The Fable of the Bees is the longest at 19 hr 19 min. The whole collection runs about 110 hours.
