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Synopsis
This comprehensive ethics text combines theory and issues with text and readings. Part One covers ethical theory, utilitarianism, Kant's moral theory, natural law, and virtue ethics. Part Two contains contemporary ethical issues ranging from personal issues such as sexual morality to issues of public policy such as legal punishment to international concerns such as war and peace and economic justice.
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Barbara MacKinnon is a professor emerita of philosophy at the University of San Francisco. During her 30 years of teaching, her instruction and writing focused primarily on the history of ethics and contemporary ethical issues. She enjoys reading widely, playing the piano, and traveling.
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1. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning. 2. Ethical Relativism. 3. Egoism. 4. Utilitarianism. 5. Kant's Moral Theory. 6. Contractarianism. 7. Morality and Human Nature. 8. Virtue Ethics. 9. Feminist Thought and the Ethics of Care. 10. Euthanasia. 11. Abortion. 12. Sexual Morality. 13. Equality and Discrimination. 14. Economic Justice. 15. Legal Punishment. 16. Environmental Ethics. 17. Animal Rights. 18. Stem Cell Research, Cloning, and Genetic Engineering. 19. Violence, Terrorism, and War. 20. Global Issues and Globalization. Appendix: How to Write and Ethics Paper.
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- PublisherWadsworth Publishing
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0534525040
- ISBN 13 9780534525040
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
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