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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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| 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 | |