Product Description
This is a leading topically-organized reader covering a number of critical contemporary issues. It provides very broad coverage of topics and opinions, drawing on current journalism as well as philosophy. Each chapter covers a different area of moral concern and contains readings covering alternative views as well as practical applications. Introductions to each section provide background for each issue as well as discussion of the ethical theory behind the readings.
About the Author
Receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, James P. Sterba has gone on to publish (either as author or editor) many notable books, textbooks, and scholarly articles in the fields of ethics and social and political philosophy. He currently teaches at the University of Notre Dame.
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