Applied Ethics : A Multicultural Approach
ISBN: 9780205708086 | 0205708080
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 6/30/2010
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The new fifth edition of Applied Ethics reviews both traditional and unusual topics from a multicultural perspective - rather than the customary North American perspective.In addition, it connects the reader to compelling new issues for ethical analysis and permits them to appreciate diverse ethical positions different from their own.Topics include, but are not limited to, "the usual" (abortion, euthanasia, personal conduct), as well as "the unusual" (racial discrimination, aids, the environment and gender issues).
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| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Theoretical Perspectives | |
| Human Rights and Justice | |
| Environmental Ethics | |
| Hunger and Poverty | |
| War and Violence | |
| Gender Roles and Morality | |
| Racial and Ethnic Discrimination | |
| Abortion | |
| Euthnasia, Sustaining and Creating Life | |
| Table of Cont... MORE |
Larry May is a professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. His long-term research concerns the theory of moral and legal responsibility, especially the concepts of collective responsibility, guilt and shame. He has authored several books on this general theme as well as books on professional ethics, masculinity and medical ethics. He is currently working on a book concerning the concept of a crime against humanity and a war crime, and about who could justifiably be held accountable and prosecuted for such crimes. He is also examining genocide and other aspects of international criminal law.
Kai Wong was a Ph.D. graduate student under Larry May at Washington University in St. Louis. His 2005 dissertation concerned Collective Historical Responsibility and Deliberating about Identity and Responsibility in an Age of Diversity and Ambiguity.
Jill Delston is a current graduate student under Larry May at Washington University in St. Louis.
