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Preface | |
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Introduction: A Pluralistic Approach to Contemporary Moral Issues | |
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An Initial Moral Problems Self-Quiz | |
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Matters of Life and Death | |
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Cloning and reproductive technologies | |
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The Narratives | |
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"Belgian Loopholes Allow Swiss Parents a 'Savior' Baby" | |
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"On the Ethics of Selective Abortion for Disability: Conversations with My Son" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Argument | |
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"What's Wrong with Enhancement?" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Twilight of the Idols, Selections by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill | |
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Republic by Plato | |
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Abortion | |
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The Narrative | |
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"The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"Abortion and the Concept of a Person" | |
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"The Wrong of Abortion" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Meditations on First Philosophy by Ren� Descartes | |
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Protagoras by Plato | |
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Politics by Aristotle | |
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Euthanasia | |
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The Narratives | |
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Atul Gawande, "Letting Go" | |
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"Confronting Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Argument | |
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"Active and Passive Euthanasia" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant | |
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An Introduction to the Principles of Morality and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham | |
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Higher & Lower Pleasures by John Stuart Mill | |
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Punishment and the Death Penalty | |
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The Narrative | |
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Helen Prejean, C.S.J., "Crime Victims on the Anvil of Pain" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"What Do Murderers Deserve? The Death Penalty in Civilized Societies" | |
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"Against the Death Penalty" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Principle of Utility by Jeremy Bentham | |
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On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria | |
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The Metaphysical Elements of Justice by Immanuel Kant | |
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War, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism | |
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The Narrative | |
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"Soldiers' Moral Wounds" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"The Argument about Humanitarian Intervention" | |
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"Torture Can Be Wrong and Still Work" | |
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"Is There a Tortuous Road to Justice?" | |
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"Ethical Issues in Counterterrorism Warfare" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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On Free Choice of the Will by Saint Augustine | |
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Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas | |
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The Analects by Confucius | |
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Matters of Diversity and Equality | |
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Race and Ethnicity | |
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The Narrative | |
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"Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"Achieving Democratic Equality: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Reparations" | |
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"Hate Crimes Laws: Progressive Politics or Balkanization?" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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The Souls of Black Folk by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (also, W.E.B. Du Bois) | |
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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An Introduction to the Principles of Morality and Legislation | |
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Gender | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"Stopping the Traffic in Women" | |
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"The Second Sexism" | |
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"Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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How to Make Our Ideas Clear by Charles Sanders Peirce | |
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Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein | |
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Cratylus by Plato | |
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An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope | |
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Sexual Orientation | |
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The Narrative | |
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"Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"A Right to Marry? Same-Sex Marriage and Constitutional Law" | |
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"Against Homosexual Marriage" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill | |
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Five Ways by Saint Thomas Aquinas | |
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The Teleological Argument by William Paley | |
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Expanding the Circle | |
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World Hunger and Poverty | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"The Moral Demands of Global Justice" | |
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"Achieving Global and Local Justice" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle | |
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Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill | |
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Higher & Lower Pleasures by John Stuart Mill | |
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith | |
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Living Together with Animals | |
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The Narratives | |
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"Eating Animals" | |
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"Down on the Factory Farm" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"The Case for Animal Rights" | |
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"The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Meditations on First Philosophy by Ren� Descartes | |
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The Metaphysical Elements of Justice by Immanuel Kant | |
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De Anima by Aristode | |
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Environmental Ethics | |
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The Narrative | |
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"Native American Attitudes toward the Environment" | |
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"Apocalypse Now: A Scientist's Plea for Christian Environmentalism" | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"Just Garbage" | |
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"Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Opus Majus by Roger Bacon | |
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Discourse on Method by Ren� Descartes | |
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Principle of Utility by Jeremy Bentham | |
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Cyberethics | |
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The Narrative | |
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"Hackers Live by Own Code"Joseph Menn | |
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An Introduction to the Moral Issues | |
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The Arguments | |
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"The Ethical Evaluation of WikiLeaks" | |
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"Should We Let Computers Get Under Our Skins?" | |
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"Ethical Reflections on Cyberstalking" | |
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"Ethical Reflections on the Problem of Spam" | |
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Concluding Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Reading | |
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MySearchLab Connections | |
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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes | |
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De Anima by Aristotle | |
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Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant | |
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Two Treatises of Government by John Locke | |
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Index | |