Moral Issues : Philosophical and Religious Perspectives

by Palmer-Fernandez, Gabriel

• ISBN13: 9780138191450
• ISBN10: 013819145X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-21
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Provides a unique approach to the study of ethics by incorporating both the philosophical and religious perspectives against a discussion of moral issues.It requires readers to examine their own positions on a range of moral issues and to provide reasons in support of those opinions through readings that emphasize the use of critical thinking skills as necessary to moral reasoning.

Table of Contents

Religion and Morality. Does Morality Depend on Religion?

Religion and Morality in Judaic and Christian Traditions

God and Goog: Does Morality Need Religion

The Relation Between Religion and Ethics in Jewish Thought

Religious and Secular Morality

Abortion

When, If Ever, Is Abortion Morally Permissible?

Supreme Court of the United States

On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion

Theology and Morality of Procreative Choice

Warrant for Abortion

Why Abortion is Immoral

The Morality of Abortion

Euthanasia

Do Terminally Ill Patients Have the Right to Die?

Supreme Court of New Jersey

In the Matter of Karen Quilan, an Alleged Incompetent

Assisted Suicide: Pro–Choice or Anti-Life?

Euthanasia: The Way We Do It, The Way They Do It

Active and Passive Euthanasia

Ethics & National Health Care

How Should We Distribute Health Care Resources?

The Clinton Health Care Plan

Ethical Foundations of the Clinton Administration's Proposed Health Care SystemU.S.

Pastoral Letter on Health and Health Care

Aging and the Ends of Medicine

Gender, Race, and Class in the Delivery of Health Care

Sex & Marriage

What is Good Sex?

Supreme Court of the United States

The Ethics of Sexuality in Christian Perspective

Judaism & the Modern Attitude to Homosexuality

Gayness & Homosexuality: Issues for the Church

The Family as a School for Character

Religion & Public Life

What Role Should Religion Play in Our Public Life?

Religion and Politics

Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective

A Surrogate World

Church and Liberal Democracy: The Moral Limits of Secular Polity

War & Pacifism

Is War Ever Morally Justified?

Moral Logic of War

Supreme Emergency

Heaven's Fall: Michael Walzer on Killing the Innocent

Should War Be Eliminated?

Reflection on War and Political Discourse: Realism, Just War, and Feminism in a Nuclear Age

Ethics & the Economic Order

How Shall We Distribute Wealth and Income?

Liberty & Justice

A Liberation Justification for a Welfare State.U.S

Bishops' Pastoral Message and Letter,Economic Justice for All: Chatholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy

Unemployment and Jobs: A Theological and Ethical Perspective

Economic Rights: The Servile State

Hunger and Moral Obligation

Is There a Duty to Feed the Hungry of the World?

Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor

Famine, Affluence, and Morality

Property and Hunger

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