Applying Ethics A Text with Readings

Name: Applying Ethics A Text with Readings
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ISBN: 9780495094999

ISBN-10: 0495094994

ISBN-13: 9780495094999

Edition: 9th 2008

Authors: Jeffrey Olen, Julie C. Van Camp, Vincent Barry

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From the debate over stem cell research to the heated discussions surrounding war, terrorism, and civil liberties, APPLYING ETHICS: A TEXT WITH READINGS gives you a contemporary and compelling look at the many ethical dilemmas that abound in today's world. This best-selling book introduces you to ethics through its proven formula of engaging commentary, seminal readings, and thought-provoking cases drawn from a wide range of contemporary social debates. The authors give you a basic overview of the most important ethical theories in the first chapter, with each subsequent chapter taking a current ethical issue as its focus. Guided by the authors' helpful introductions--with readings from…

Book details

List price: $163.95
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English




Moral Reasoning



Moral Reasons


Moral Reasoning


Individual Morality and Social Morality


Ethical Relativism


Principles of Individual Morality


Principles of Social Morality


Summary and Conclusions


Readings: "Moral Virtue," Aristotle


"Respect for Persons," Immanuel Kant


"Utilitarianism," John Stuart Mill


"The Need for More than Justice," Annette C. Baier



Good Reasoning


Arguments


Evaluating Moral Arguments


Summary and Conclusions



Issues



Sexual Morality


The Traditiona