Taking sides clashing views on moral issues

Presents the various controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. This title frames each issue with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. It features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sit...

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Other Authors: Satris, Stephen (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY McGrawHiil Companies, Inc. 2012
Edition:Twelve edition
Series:McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
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Table of Contents:
  • Unit 1. Fundamental issues in morality
  • Issue 1. Is moral relativism correct?
  • Issue 2. Does morality need religion?
  • Unit 2. Gender, sex, and reproduction
  • Issue 3. Is abortion immoral?
  • Issue 4. Must sex involve commitment?
  • Issue 5. Is it right to prohibit same-sex marriage?
  • Issue 6. Should human cloning be banned?
  • Unit 3. Law and society
  • Issue 7. Is cloning pets ethically justified?
  • Issue 8. Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs?
  • Issue 9. Should drugs be legalized?
  • Issue 10. Is gambling immoral?
  • Issue 11. Is affirmative action fair?
  • Issue 12. Should licensing for handguns be more restrictive?
  • Issue 13. Should the death penalty be abolished?
  • Issue 14. Is torture ever justified?
  • Issue 15. Is physician-assisted suicide wrong?
  • Unit 4. Human beings and other species
  • Issue 16. Does morality require vegetarianism?