Doing Ethics Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues

Name: Doing Ethics Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues
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ISBN: 9780393934281

ISBN-10: 0393934284

ISBN-13: 9780393934281

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Lewis Vaughn

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Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 856
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.508
Language: English

Lewis Vaughn is an independent scholar and freelance writer living in Amherst, New York. He is the author of several leading textbooks, including Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues.



Preface


Fundamentals


Ethics and the Examined Life


Subjectivism, Relativism, and Emotivism


Moral Reasoning


Evaluating Moral Arguments


Theories of Morality


The Power of Moral Theories


Consequentialist Theories: Maximize the Good


Nonconsequentialist Theories: Do Your Duty


Virtue Ethics: Be a Good Person


Ethical Issues


Abortion


Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide


Capital Punishment


Pornography and Censorship


Sexual Morality and Marriage


Equality and Affirmative Action


Environmental Ethics


Animal Rights


Warfare


Terrorism and Torture


Global Economic Justice


Glossary


Further Reading


Index


*New To The 2E