Contemporary Moral Issues

Diversity and Consensus
4. New Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-205-63360-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 1010 g

Contemporary Moral Issues is an anthology that provides a selection of readings on contemporary social issues revolving around three general themes: Matters of Life and Death, Matters of Equality and Diversity, and Expanding the Circle, which includes duties beyond borders, living together with animals, and environmental ethics. The text contains a number of distinctive, high-profile readings and powerful narratives, including Jonathan Foer's "Eating Animals," Eva Feder Kittay's "On the Ethics of Selective Abortion for Disability," and Susan M. Wolf's "Confronting Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death." Each set of readings is accompanied by an extensive introduction, a bibliographical essay, pre-reading questions, and discussion questions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hinman, Lawrence M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction: A Pluralistic Approach to Contemporary Moral Issues An Initial Self-Assessment General Bibliographical Resources for Ethics PART I. MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Chapter 1 Choosing Our Children: Genetic Enhancement Chapter 2 Abortion Chapter 3 Euthanasia Chapter 4 Punishment and the Death Penalty Chapter 5 War, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism PART II. MATTERS OF DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY Chapter 6 Race and Ethnicity Chapter 7 Gender Chapter 8 Sexual Orientation PART III. EXPANDING THE CIRCLE Chapter 9 Living with Scarcity: World Hunger and Poverty Chapter 10 Living Together With Animals Chapter 11 Living in the Natural World: Environmental Ethics Chapter 12 Living in Virtual Space: Cyberethics

Über Autor(innen)

Authored by Hinman, Lawrence M.