Through the analysis of forty ethical dilemmas drawn from real-life situations, Ethics in Action guides the reader through a process of moral deliberation that leads to the resolution of a variety of moral dilemmas. Fosters critical thinking by evaluating the reasons people give to support their choices and actions Challenges the paradigm of moral relativism that often impedes efforts to resolve moral dilemmas Incorporates international perspectives often lacking in texts published for a U.S. audience

Peggy Connolly, EdD, Mentorship Coordinator, Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, Aurora, IL

David Richard Keller, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, and Director, Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT

Martin G. Leever, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI

Becky Cox White, PhD, Professor, Department of Philosophy, and Fellow, Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA

About the Authors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Ethical Reasoning	p. 9
A Brief Overview of Basic Ethical Theory David R. Keller	p. 11
A Framework for Moral Reasoning Eric H. Gampel	p. 50
Cases and Commentaries	p. 79
The Eye of the Beholder: Ethical Issues in the Arts	p. 81
Monumental Controversies - The FDR Memorial	p. 82
Fire Sale - Destroying Privately Owned Works of Art	p. 100
What Price Immortality? - The Body Worlds Exhibition	p. 112
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers? - Returning Antiquities to Their Countries of Origin	p. 120
Faux Paws - The Genetically Engineered Bunny	p. 130
Green Achers: Ethical Issues and the Environment	p. 132
All Used Up and Nowhere to Glow - Goshute Nuclear Waste Siting and Native American Sovereignty	p. 133
Not in My Back Yard - Environmental Injustice and "Cancer Alley"	p. 148
The Boiled Frog - Global Warning, US Interests, and Vulnerable Nations	p. 164
A Gorilla on the Grill is Worth Two in the Bush - Wild Meat, Malnutrition, and Biological Conservation	p. 179
Future Farmers - The Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of Genetically Modified Rice	p. 186
Till Rivers Run Dry - Mexican-American Water Politics	p. 194
Plays Well With Others? Ethical Issues in Intra-social Conflicts	p. 199
Am I My Brother's Keeper? - What Are Friends For?	p. 200
Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Healthcare Professionals - Recruiting Nurses from Developing Nations	p. 209
Deadly Secrets - Releasing Confidential Medical Records to Law-Enforcement Officers	p. 225
Perish the Thought! - Academic Affairs and "Community Values"	p. 235
The Sound and the Fury - Noises and Neighbors	p. 245
Shoot to Thrill - Gun Schools in the United States	p. 250
Healthy, Wealthy and Whys: Ethical Issues in Healthcare	p. 254
Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Collisions between Personal Conscience and Professional Obligations	p. 255
Congratulations! Did You Have a Boy or a Girl? - Surgical Interventions on Infants with Disorders of Sex Development	p. 270
The Heart of the Matter - Who Decides When the Patient is Dead?	p. 292
Lip Service - Cosmetic Use of Cadaver Tissue	p. 302
Drug of Choice - Patients' Access to Experimental Drugs	p. 309
A Fevered Hand on a Cooling Brow - The Nurse's Role in Aid-in-dying	p. 312
Business as Usual: Ethical Issues in the Marketplace	p. 321
Sale of a Lifetime - Ovum "Donation"	p. 322
Only God Can Make a Tree - Patenting Indigenous Plants	p. 350
Body Shop - International Trafficking in Human Organs	p. 374
Straits of Strife - Japanese Whaling, Cultural Relativism, and International Politics	p. 391
Big Pharma Wants You - Direct-to-consumer Advertising	p. 399
This Gun's For Hire - ExxonMobile and the Indonesian Military	p. 405
Freedom From or Freedom To? Ethical Issues in Government	p. 410
Battle Scars - Suing the Government for Medical Malpractice	p. 411
Does the Past Mean Never Having to Say We're Sorry? - Reparations and Apologies	p. 429
Words Fail - Institutional Responses to Creative Violence	p. 434
The Idealism of Youth - Civil Disobedience and the BYU Honor Code	p. 442
Britannia Waives the Rules - Collecting DNA on Arrestees	p. 449
Land of the Free - The Gun Ban at the University of Utah	p. 456
School Days, School Daze: Ethical Issues in Education	p. 463
Sheepskin or Fleece? - Plagiarism in University Classrooms	p. 464
Fire Up the Coffee Pot! Break Out the Ritalin! - Performance-enhancing Drugs in Academia	p. 481
When an A is Not an A - Grade Inflation in Universities	p. 491
Readin', Writin', and Rx-in' - School Kids with Medical Needs	p. 494
Promises, Promises - Selling Genetic Material for Institutional Gain	p. 496
The Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl	p. 503
History of the Ethics Bowl	p. 505
National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition	p. 507
Preparation	p. 507
Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (IEB) Rules	p. 510
Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Rules	p. 510
National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Championship Rules (2008)	p. 513
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