Applying Ethics A Text with Readings

by Olen, Jeffrey; Van Camp, Julie C.; Barry, Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780495094999
• ISBN10: 0495094994
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-19
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

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 divergent positions and particularly timely cases--APPLYING ETHICS gives you a model for considering critically some of the most controversial issues in contemporary life.

Table of Contents

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

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