Morality and Moral Controversies - Softcover

Arthur, John, (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132311437 ISBN 13: 9780132311434

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

Synopsis

This anthology includes classic and contemporary readings in moral theory along with a wide array of essays that address philosophically interesting and controversial ethical/political issues. Covering a broad range of topics - across the philosophical and political spectrum - it aims to show the relevance of traditional thinkers as well as the many ways that contemporary writers are challenging the limits of the classical works.

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From the Publisher

This comprehensive anthology includes classic and contemporary readings in moral theory along with a wide array of essays that address today's most philosophically interesting and controversial ethical and political issues. Covering a broad range of topics -- across the entire philosophical and political spectrum -- it shows the relevance of traditional thinkers as well as the many ways that contemporary writers are challenging the limits of the classical works.

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Key Benefit: This comprehensive anthology includes classic and contemporary readings in moral theory along with a wide array of essays that address today's most philosophically interesting and controversial ethical and political issues. Covering a broad range of topics—across the entire philosophical and political spectrum—it shows the relevance of traditional thinkers as well as the many ways that contemporary writers are challenging the limits of the classical works. Key Topics: Features selections that represent a wide diversity of opinions, and arranges selections so that each one leads naturally to the next—often responding directly to each other. Includes works by philosophers, economists, law professors, political scientists, and natural scientists (many by women). Includes 23 new articles on Key Topics: human rights and cultural relativism; David Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; rights in Africa; critiques of traditional approaches to moral theory, including Freidrich Nietzsche and Alison Jaggar; violence—including violence in sports, pacifism, animal rights, abortion, and euthanasia; smoking and alcohol addiction; welfare—property and economic justice; date rape; sex equality and gender; racism, assimilation, and integration; individual identity and the politics of “difference”; multiculturalism; the relevance of evolutionary biology for feminism; a debate about affirmative action, with particular attention to the Bakke decision and higher education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0132311437
• ISBN 13: 9780132311434
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 583