338 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nothing is more difficult today than deciding what to do about abortion, gay marriage, economic injustice, war, torture, global warming, euthanasia, capital punishment, and a host of other controversies, particularly in a world in which people of varying religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds commonly live side by side. Can we draw on the wisdom of the past to address these contemporary... Read more
Contents * I. Learning from Experience * 1. Our Challenge: Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic Society * 2. Reasoning Together: Making Sense of Our Experience * 3. Rule of Law: The Ethics of Justice * II. Creating an Ethical Presumption * 4. Duty: Doing What Is Right * 5. Character: Being a Good Person * 6. Relationships: Caring and Letting Go * 7. Human Rights: Autonomy and Human Dignity * III. Overcoming an Ethical Presumption * 8. Possible Consequences: Utilitarian and Cost/Benefit Arguments * 9. Making Decisions: HIV/AIDS * IV. Applying the Approach * 10. Public Morality: Seeking the Common Good * 11. Health Care: Life and Death * 12. Sex: Consent plus What? * 13. War on Terrorism: Justice and Freedom * 14. Economic Justice: Fair and Caring? * 15. Our Natural World: Living Ecologically
Biography
Robert Traer
