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Morality in Practice

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ISBN-10: 1133049966

ISBN-13: 9781133049968

Edition: 8th 2013

Authors: James P. Sterba, Peter Bornschein

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MORALITY IN PRACTICE uniquely engages students in critical analysis of a wide range of positions on today's moral problems by presenting each chapter in two sections: Alternative Views and Practical Applications. The readings in the Alternative Views section present radically opposed viewpoints on today's most important moral problems. The introductions to each section as well as the selection and arrangement of the readings are designed to overcome crude relativism, demonstrating that some views do turn out to be more defensible than others. The selections in the Practical Applications section of each chapter offer court opinions, resolutions and declarations from various international…    
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Book details

List price: $237.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 736
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, James P. Sterba has gone on to publish (either as author or editor) many notable books, textbooks, and scholarly articles in the fields of ethics and social and political philosophy. He currently teaches at the University of Notre Dame.

General Introduction
The Distribution of Income and Wealth
Alternative Views
The Libertarian Manifesto
From Liberty to Welfare
A Social Contract Perspective
Race and the Social Contract Tradition
Practical Applications
Supreme Court of the United States: Wyman, Commissioner of New York Department of Social Services
Supreme Court of the United States: Player v. Doe
Distant Peoples and Future Generations
Alternative Views
Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor
An Easy Solution to World Poverty
Do We Owe the Future Anything?
The Welfare Rights of Distant Peoples and Future Generations
Practical Applications
Is There a Right to Immigrate?
Immigration and Freedom of Association
Abortion and Euthanasia
Alternative Views
The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion
A Defense of Abortion
Why Abortion Is Immoral
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
A Feminist Defense of Abortion
Euthanasia, Killing, and Letting Die
The Intentional Termination of Life
Practical Applications
Supreme Court of the United States: Planned Parenthood v. Case 171
Assisted Suicide: The Brief of the Amici Curiae
Supreme Court of the United States: Washington v. Glucksberg
Human Enhancement
Alternative Views
Natural-Born Cyborgs
The Ethics of Human Enhancement
Our Postmodern Future
The Case Against Perfection
Practical Applications
President�s Report on Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
Work and Family Responsibilities
Alternative Views
Justice and Gender
Philosophers against the Family
Of Mothers, Families Men and Sex
Practical Applications
National Organization for Women (NOW) Bill of Rights
Women�s and Men�s Roles
Do Men Have the Power?
Do Men Have the Power � And If So Would They Want to Change?
Pornography