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Book Review: Contemporary Moral Issues by Wesley Cragg, Christine M. Koggel
Contemporary Moral Issues
publishedDate : 1997
authors : Wesley Cragg, Christine M. Koggel
publishers : McGraw-Hill Ryerson
pageCount : 578
Contemporary Moral Issues
Author by : Lawrence M. Hinman
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Publisher by : Routledge
ISBN :
Description : Contemporary Moral Issues is an anthology that provides a selection of readings on contemporary social issues revolving around three general themes: Matters of Life and Death, Matters of Equality and Diversity, and Expanding the Circle, which includes duties beyond borders, living together with animals, and environmental ethics. The text contains a number of distinctive, high-profile readings and powerful narratives, including Jonathan Foer's "Eating Animals," Eva Feder Kittay's "On the Ethics of Selective Abortion for Disability," and Susan M. Wolf's "Confronting Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death." Each set of readings is accompanied by an extensive introduction, a bibliographical essay, pre-reading questions, and discussion questions....
Contemporary Moral Problems
Author by : James E. White
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2008
Publisher by : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN :
Description : Explore today's challenging moral terrain with James White's CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS. The ninth edition examines the compelling and contentious debate over society's most pressing ethical controversies. This anthology covers divergent viewpoints on many timely issues and introduces you to the major theories in the history of Western ethics. This balanced collection features carefully chosen readings on classic topics such as abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment. It also engages students in current debates about global warming, torture, war and terrorism, and same-sex marriage. Fourteen new reading selections in this edition ensure up-to-date coverage of contemporary moral issues. This book's well-crafted introductions to each chapter and reading; emphasis on opposing viewpoints; probing review and discussion questions; and provocative case studies ensure that you will develop a rich understanding of ethical theories and the issues to which they apply. Depend on this accessible, comprehensive anthology to engage you in a lively and informed discussion of contemporary ethics....
Contemporary Moral Arguments
Author by : Lewis Vaughn
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2012-12-20
Publisher by : OUP USA
ISBN :
Description : Taking a unique approach that emphasizes careful reasoning, this cutting-edge reader is structured around twenty-seven landmark arguments that have provoked heated debates on current ethical issues....
Disputed Moral Issues
Author by : Mark Timmons
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2024
Publisher by :
ISBN :
Description : "Ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, applied ethics, and introduction to ethics, Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader, Sixth Edition, offers a unique pedagogical approach that bridges moral theory and applied ethics. Bringing together engaging articles, it also includes an accessible Moral Theory Primer. Each selection is enhanced by a host of pedagogical features, including concise summaries, reader cues referring to pertinent moral theories, and reading and discussion questions. A "Quick Guide to Moral Theories" at the front of the book and an extensive glossary of key terms are also included. A "User's Guide," which follows the preface, shows instructors how they can integrate moral theories and applied ethics into their courses"--...
Ethics Left And Right
Author by : Bob Fischer
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2019-12-12
Publisher by : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN :
Description : "The only contemporary moral problems text to focus directly on the ethics of current, divisive political issues, Ethics: Left and Right features newly commissioned essays on twenty contentious debates, written expressly with undergraduate students in mind. It offers two position pieces on each issue-one left-leaning, one right-followed by a reply from each author, giving you and your students the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions of serious issues. Case studies at the end of every main contribution encourage students to examine related problems and/or delve deeper into the current issue. Ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, introduction to ethics, and political philosophy, Ethics: Left and Right allows you and your students to debate a wide range of conservative and libertarian arguments that are rarely represented in the philosophical literature"--...
Moral Issues In Business
Author by : William H. Shaw
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2004
Publisher by : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN :
Description : A unique collection of text, cases, and readings, MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS is the best-selling business ethics book in North America. Combining insightful and accessible introductions prepared by the editors, cases that highlight the real world poignancy of the matters addressed in this book, and reading selections from the most influential voices in contemporary ethical debates, this book--the standard for today's business ethics books--is a comprehensive, flexible, and pedagogically proven course of study exploring the intersections of commerce and ethics....
Disputed Moral Issues
Author by : Mark Timmons
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2019
Publisher by : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN :
Description : Ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, applied ethics, and introduction to ethics, Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader, Fifth Edition, offers a unique pedagogical approach that bridges moral theory and applied ethics. Bringing together sixty-eight engaging articles, it also includes an accessible Moral Theory Primer (Chapter 1). Each selection is enhanced by a host of pedagogical features, including concise summaries, reader cues referring to pertinent moral theories, and reading and discussion questions. A "Quick Guide to Moral Theories" at the front of the book and an extensive glossary of key terms are also included. A "User's Guide," which follows the preface, shows instructors how they can integrate moral theories and applied ethics into their courses....