Social ethics : a student's guide

Author(s)

• Teichman, J. (Jenny)

Bibliographic Information

Social ethics : a student's guide

Jenny Teichman

Blackwell, 1996

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Social Ethics is an animated introduction to moral philosophy and the key ethical issues of today, and will serve as the ideal text for undergraduate courses in applied, practical and social ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface. Part I: Ethical Bedrock:. 1. Morality and Humanity. 2. Egoism, Relativism, Consequentialism. 3. Ethical Bedrock. Part II: A Defence of Humanism:. 4. Human Beings and Persons. 5. Human Beings and the Other Animals. 6. Human Beings and Machines. Part III: Deaths and Lives:. 7. Euthanasia: For and Against. 8. Euthanasia: Logic and Practice. 9. Abortion. 10. Professional Ethics. Part IV: Ideology and Value:. 11. Feminism and Masculism. 12. Freedom of Thought and Expression. 13. The Right, the Left and the Green. Appendix I: Natural Rights as Justifying the Authority of the State. Appendix II: The Controversy about Euthanasia, a Sample Case. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA28843622
• ISBN:
  • 0631196080
  • 0631196099
• LCCN: 96006455
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 193 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 154
  • LCC : HM216
  • DC20 : 170
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social ethics