Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)

Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)

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<P>Harry Gensler’s <EM>Ethics</EM> introduces undergraduates to the main issues in contemporary moral philosophy. It also relates these issues to practical controversies, with special attention paid to racism, moral education, and abortion. It gives a practical method for thinking about moral issues, a method based largely on the golden rule. </P> <P>Key Features:<BR>• Serves as either the sole textbook for a lower-level introduction to ethics/moral philosophy course or a supplementary text for a more advanced undergraduate ethics course<BR>• Provides clear, direct writing throughout, making each chapter easily accessible for an engaged undergraduate<BR>• Offers a philosophically rigorous presentation of the golden rule<BR>• Includes helpful study aids, including: bolded technical terms, boxes for key ideas, chapter summaries, suggested readings, and a glossary/index</P> <P>Key additions to the Second Edition:<BR>• A new chapter on virtue ethics, which deals with Aristotle, Plato, and related controversies<BR>• A new chapter on natural law theory, which deals with Aquinas, double effect, sexual morality, and related controversies<BR>• A significantly revised chapter on the golden rule, which is now much clearer on certain key points<BR>• A significantly revised chapter on nonconsequentialism, which now has expanded coverage of human rights, libertarianism, and socialism, and uses the right to health care as a case example<BR>• An expanded bibliography<BR>• A new appendix that overviews key books students will want to pursue upon completing <EM>Ethics:</EM> <EM>A Contemporary Introduction,</EM> Second Edition<BR>• A rewritten instructional program, EthiCola, which is now much easier to download and use and has (for students) revised exercises for each chapter and (for instructors) a score-processing program, class slides, and instructor’s manual.  This can be found on the book’s companion website: <STRONG>http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/gensler</STRONG>.<BR></P>