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Taking sides : Clashing views on moral issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Stephen Satris.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Taking sidesPublication details: Dubuque, Iowa : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, c2006Edition: 10a edDescription: xxii, 357 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780073129501 :
  • 007312950X
Other title:
  • Clashing views on moral issues
  • Moral issues
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170
LOC classification:
  • BJ 1063 T136 2006
Contents:
Is moral relativism correct? -- Does morality need religion? --- Should the Navy assign servicewomen to submarine duty? -- Is abortion immoral? -- Must sex involve commitment? -- Should Congress be giving more financial support to abstinence-only sex education? -- Should human cloning be banned? -- Are government-supported faith-based charities a good idea? -- Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs? -- Should drugs be legalized -- Is affirmative action fair? -- Should the Supreme Court prohibit racial preferences in college admissions? -- Should same-sex marriage be allowed? -- Should hate-crime laws explicitly protected sexual orientation -- Should handguns be banned? -- Should the death penalty be abolished? -- Should physician-assisted suicide be legalized by the states? -- Is it morally permissible to eat meat?
Summary: "... 36 essays, arranged in pro and con pairs, that address 18 controversial issues in morality and moral philosophy."
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BJ 1063 T136 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000047297

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is moral relativism correct? -- Does morality need religion? --- Should the Navy assign servicewomen to submarine duty? -- Is abortion immoral? -- Must sex involve commitment? -- Should Congress be giving more financial support to abstinence-only sex education? -- Should human cloning be banned? -- Are government-supported faith-based charities a good idea? -- Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs? -- Should drugs be legalized -- Is affirmative action fair? -- Should the Supreme Court prohibit racial preferences in college admissions? -- Should same-sex marriage be allowed? -- Should hate-crime laws explicitly protected sexual orientation -- Should handguns be banned? -- Should the death penalty be abolished? -- Should physician-assisted suicide be legalized by the states? -- Is it morally permissible to eat meat?

"... 36 essays, arranged in pro and con pairs, that address 18 controversial issues in morality and moral philosophy."

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