Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader
by Mark Timmons
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Author: Mark TimmonsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-15
ISBN: 0195177630
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Valuable as an Academic Textbook or as a Reference Guide to Contemporary Ethics
Summary: 4 Stars
Timmons' 'Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader' presents a fine selection of ethical writings from first-rate contemporary moral philosophers, which touch upon the most pressing and relevant ethical questions that are hinged to individuals, society and every facet of nature. Nearly seventy selections of articles from authors such as Immanuel Kant, Pope John Paul II and Peter Singer (only to name a few), are here accessible in a textbook format which provides pithy summaries for each excerpt and a lengthy preface which, in scrupulous detail, defines the scope and meaning of all the predominant moral theories, per se. For each moral issue, Timmons generally provides readers with about five articles per moral problem, so that there are five possible solutions to the issue at hand, making this textbook very comprehensive and informative. Additionally, outside of its value of being an instructional textbook, Timmons 'Disputed Moral Issues' is to be desired also as a virtual library resource that thinkers may have recourse to when faced with the issues of the greatest import in today's world. Thus, general readers and not just students, are invited to purchase this book in virtue of the value of the writings of which it is comprised.
Summary of Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader
Ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, introduction to ethics, and applied ethics, Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader is a comprehensive anthology that brings together sixty-seven engaging articles on a wide range of contemporary moral issues. Carefully selected and edited for an undergraduate audience, the essays are organized into twelve chapters that cover:* Sexual morality
* Pornography, hate speech, and censorship
* Drugs, gambling, and addiction
* Sexism, racism, and reparation
* Euthanasia and suicide
* Abortion
* Cloning and genetic enhancement
* The death penalty
* War, terrorism, and torture
* World hunger and poverty
* Animals
* The environment
Striking a unique balance between moral theory and applied ethics, editor Mark Timmons provides students with an accessible Moral Theory Primer (Chapter 1), in which he outlines the guiding principles of moral theory, presents six central moral theories, and relates those theories to the issues debated in the articles. Each of the remaining chapters is preceded by an introduction that explains key concepts and shows how theories from the Moral Theory Primer are connected to the arguments presented in that chapter's essays. Each selection is preceded by a brief summary and reader cues, which direct students to a specific section of the Moral Theory Primer in order to best help them understand the essay in question. A "Quick Guide to Moral Theories" appendix, an extensive glossary of key terms, and suggested further readings after each chapter further enhance the text. A "User's Guide," which follows the preface, shows instructors how they can integrate moral theories and applied ethics into their courses.
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