Explore the real-world intersections of our legal system and important ethical problems.ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE COURTS: A COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS. You'll learn the ways the courts have ruled on issues such as abortion; euthanasia; assisted suicide; educating children; sex and marriage; gay rights; war, peace and pacifism; environmental rights; animal rights; freedom of expression; religious freedom; racial discrimination; affirmative action; sex discrimination; capital punishment; business ethics; computer ethics. Includes excerpts from 73 landmark court decisions, on ethical issues, along with helpful discussion questions and learning tools.

Ethical Issues in the Courts: A Companion to Philosophical Ethics

Politics & Social Sciences

Van Camp, Julie C.

Philosophy

Cengage Learning'

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Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings, 10th Edition

Olen, Jeffrey

Barry, Vincent

Wadsworth/Cengage Learning

A perennial bestseller, APPLYING ETHICS introduces students to ethics via a well-proven formula of engaging commentary, seminal readings, and thought-provoking cases drawn from a wide range of contemporary social debates. Providing readers with a basic overview of the most important ethical theories in chapter one, each subsequent chapter takes a contemporary ethical issue as its focus. Guided by the authors' extensive introductions, and readings exhibiting divergent positions, and particularly timely cases, APPLYING ETHICS provides students with a model for considering critically many of the ethical dilemmas that abound in contemporary life.

Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings (with InfoTrac)

Religion & Spirituality

Wadsworth Publishing

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Ethical Issues in the Courts: A Companion to Philosophical Ethics

Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings, 10th Edition

Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings (with InfoTrac)

ETHICS (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) (Explore Our New Philosophy 1st Editions)