The Puzzle of Ethics

This accompanying volume to "The Puzzle of God" and "The Puzzle of Evil" provides an introduction to ethical issues and to the main areas of ethical concern today. It is divided into three section: "Puzzling over ethics" which examines the philosophical problems to be tackled; "Philosophers and ethical theories", and "Issues and problems", among which are abortion, euthanasia, medical ethics, "-isms", just war, Third World debt and international trade, environmental ethics and human rights.