Contemporary Moral Issues

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.

Informationen zum Autor Authored by Hinman, Lawrence M. Klappentext Combines arguments and personal narratives to introduce students to key issues in morality. 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. Each set of readings is accompanied by an extensive introduction! a bibliographical essay! pre-reading questions! and discussion questions. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Understand what the key contemporary issues in morality are Understand how these issues are encountered in everyday life* Develop a critical position in regard to each of the readings Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab! please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 020588590X / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205885909. Zusammenfassung 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. 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...

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Authored by Hinman, Lawrence M.

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Combines arguments and personal narratives to introduce students to key issues in morality. 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. Each set of readings is accompanied by an extensive introduction, a bibliographical essay, pre-reading questions, and discussion questions. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Understand what the key contemporary issues in morality are Understand how these issues are encountered in everyday life* Develop a critical position in regard to each of the readings Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 020588590X / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205885909.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Inhalt
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