Morality and Moral Controversies : Readings in Moral, Social and Political Philosophy
ISBN: 9780136031376 | 0136031374
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/25/2008
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This comprehensive anthology includes classic and contemporary readings in moral theory--a wide array of essays that address today's most philosophically interesting and controversial ethical and political issues. Includes an ethical theory overview; shows relevance of traditional and contemporary writers. Features "articles" on self-interest and morality, rule utilitarianism and the conflict between duty and sentiment; Features "readings" on life and death, terrorism, internment in time of war, distribution of scarce medical resources and the ... MORE
| Table of Contents(new articles and essays arebolded) | |
| Moral Theory | |
| Issues of Life and Death | |
| Terrorism and War | |
| Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive? | |
| Torture - The Case for Dirty | |
| Training Torturers - A Critique of the "Ticking Bomb" | |
| Argument | |
| On the Morality of War | |
| The Morality of Pacifism |
