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Ethics

Theory and Contemporary Issues, Concise Edition

Andrew Fiala author Barbara MacKinnon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc

Published:1st Jan '15

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ETHICS: THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, 8E CONCISE presents the major areas of ethical theory through an engaging collection of contemporary moral debates. First, readers are introduced to such ethical subjects as religion and global ethics, utilitarianism and deontology, natural law ethics, virtue ethics, non-Western paradigms, feminist ethics, and care ethics. Then, these and other ethical concepts provide the framework for in-depth discussions on moral dilemmas such as euthanasia, sexual morality, economic justice, animal ethics, war, violence, and globalization. Plus, this edition brings the debate up-to-date with detailed discussions of timely moral topics such as same-sex marriage, structural racism, factory farming, pacifism, and global distributive justice.

ISBN: 9781305077508

Dimensions: 231mm x 187mm x 15mm

Weight: 567g

384 pages

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