Ethics
Subtitle: theory and practice
By: Jacques P. Thiroux with Keith W. Krasemann
Contributors: Krasemann, Keith W.
Edition: 11th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780205053148
Subjects: Textbooks; Ethics; Ethical problems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of morality; title: Consequentialist (teleological) theories of morality; title: Nonconsequentialist (deontological) theories of morality; title: Virtue ethics; title: Absolutism versus relativism; title: Freedom versus determinism; title: Reward and punishment; title: Setting up a moral system : basic assumptions and basic principles; title: The taking of human life; title: Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing; title: Abortion; title: Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing; title: Morality, marriage, and human sexuality; title: Bioethics : ethical issues in medicine; title: Business and media ethics.