Contemporary Moral Issues

By Lawrence M. Hinman

Book Overview

Contemporary Moral Issues is an anthology that provides a selection of readings on contemporary social issues revolving around three general themes: Matters of Life and Death, Matters of Equality and Diversity, and Expanding the Circle, which includes duties beyond borders, living together with animals, and environmental ethics. The text contains a number of distinctive, high-profile readings and powerful narratives, including Jonathan Foer's "Eating Animals," Eva Feder Kittay's "On the Ethics of Selective Abortion for Disability," and Susan M. Wolf's "Confronting Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death." Each set of readings is accompanied by an extensive introduction, a bibliographical essay, pre-reading questions, and discussion questions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205633609
• ISBN13: 9780205633609
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 7.3" x 1.0"

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