Disputed Moral Issues

By: Mark Timmons

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Synopsis: The guiding aim of this anthology is to connect various disputed moral issues with moral theory in order to help students better understand the nature of these disputes. The issues featured in this book include questions about the morality of various forms of sexual behavior; pornography, hate speech, and censorship; drugs and addiction; sexism, racism, and reparations; immigration; euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide; the ethical treatment of animals; abortion; cloning and genetic enhancement; the death penalty; war, terrorism, and torture; world hunger and poverty; and ethical questions that relate to consumption, climate change, and the environment in general.