Applying Ethics A Text with Readings [Paperback]

Discover the ethical implications and issues surrounding today's most compelling social dilemmas--from genetic engineering and cloning to terrorism and the use of torture--with APPLYING ETHICS: A TEXT WITH READINGS, 11th Edition. Framed by the authors' helpful introductions and supported by a variety of readings and cases that reflect both sides of the topics being explored, this best-selling book offers a balanced introduction to ethics today. [The book offers] an extraordinary overview of applied ethics topics with all the right articles. Any student can quickly become an expert on a variety of controversial issues by reading this book. [This book has] a judicious selection of readings revealing a panorama of arguments on a wealth of provocative issues, all interspersed with insightful discussions that encourage students to reach their own conclusions. This a fine textbook: It contains the classic essays and classic course topics covered in a moral issues course. The text's most impressive points are its case studies and its chapter on Computer Ethics and the Internet. Part I: MORAL REASONING. 1. Moral Reasons. 2. Good Reasoning. Part II: ISSUES. 3. Sexual Morality. 4. Abortion. 5. Euthanasia. 6. Genetic Engineering, Stem Cell Research, and Human Cloning. 7. Capital Punishment. 8. War, Terrorism, and Civil Liberties. 9. Globalization and Social Justice. 10. Discrimination. 11. Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics. 12. Computer Ethics and the Internet.