Taking sides.
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by Stephen Satris.
Contributors: Satris, Stephen.
Edition: 11th ed.
Series: McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dubuque, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780073397153
Subjects: Ethics; Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects; Same-sex marriage; Human cloning; Animals -- Cloning; Sale of organs, tissues, etc; Drug legalization; Gambling -- Moral and ethical aspects; Affirmative action programs; Gun control; Capital punishment; Assisted suicide; Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social ethics; Debates and debating
Other titles: Clashing views on moral issues; Moral issues
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1. Fundamental issues in morality; title: Issue 1. Is morality relativism correct?; title: Issue 2. Does morality need religion?; title: Issue 3. Is Ayn Rand's ethical egoism correct?; title: Unit 2. Gender, sex, and reproduction; title: Issue 4. Is abortion immoral?; title: Issue 5. Must sex involve commitment?; title: Issue 6. Should same-sex marriage be allowed?; title: Issue 7. Should human cloning be banned?; title: Unit 3. Law and society; title: Issue 8. Is cloning pets ethically justified?; title: Issue 9. Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs?; title: Issue 10. Should drugs be legalized?; title: Issue 11. Is gambling immoral?; title: Issue 12. Is affirmative action fair?; title: Issue 13. Should handguns be banned?; title: Issue 14. Should the death penalty be abolished?; title: Issue 15. Is torture ever justified?; title: Issue 16. Is physician-assisted suicide wrong?; title: Unit 4. Human beings and other species; title: Issue 17. Does morality require vegetarianism?