Title: Can ethics provide answers? : and other essays in moral philosophy /
Authors: Rachels, James, 1941-2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Ethics; Social ethics.
Contents: Moral philosophy as a subversive activity -- Can ethics provide answers? -- John Dewey and the truth about ethics -- Active and passive euthanasia -- Killing, letting die, and the value of life -- Do animals have rights? -- The Moral argument for vegetarianism -- God and moral autonomy -- Lying and the ethics of absolute rules -- Why privacy is important -- Reflections on the idea of equality -- What people deserve -- Coping with prejudice -- Morality, parents, and children -- When philosphers shoot from the hip.