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The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics

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I bought this book for my introduction to ethics college course and after reading the first few chapters, decided I was definetely not selling it back to the college bookstore. This book provides a clear and easy to read format for understanding the more difficult works of the classic philosphers, as well as interweaving the moral lessons in modern movies and books. By relating ethical frameworks to movies you've seen, one is able to gain a clear understanding of ethical thought as taught by the "masters" of moral philosophy. The class is over, but I am still reading this book for enjoyment.

I've nearly finished my first (and only) semester teaching an "Intro. to Ethics" class from this book. I didn't choose it, and have found a replacement which (I believe) will be more substantive and sophisticated.

Rosenstand's grasp of essential concepts are often weak to the point of being embarrassing; a particular example is her discussion of teleology in the chapter on Aristotle, which is overly anthropomorphic and an attempt to project Christian views on the pre-Christian philosopher. And her use of pop culture examples to illustrate philosophical concepts are stretched and often hokey.

By the way, my students hated this book, too.

This book is being used as the textbook for Intro to Ethics. I've never read a textbook like this before, I WANT to keep reading it... Very intense class and book.

The book was in better quality than the used book available in the school bookstore and this book was probably 70 dollars cheaper.

its a good book, with lots of detail on the scenery of life. It helped me question what is true morality. Sit with a cup of coffee with this one, as the vocabulary is strong.

A very good into to sociology. I would recommend it to anyone who just wants to get started in the field and be introduced to the basic theories.

she is not neutral in her perspective- more biased toward feminism, multiculturalism and therefore not very ethical to teach in a class environment where students should not be forced into certain perspectives.

I had to buy this book for a college ethics class. I could barely wade through it, not because the subject matter was too difficult but because it goes into too much detail about the obvious, and leaves nothing for the reader to do for him or herself. Ethics can be a ridiculous bore anyway, but this book did nothing to make it even bearable.
I couldn't wait to finish this class.