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Firmly established as the standard text for undergraduate courses in ethics, this concise, lively book combines clear explanations of the main theories of ethics with discussions of interesting examples. Topics covered include famine relief, euthanasia, homosexuality, and the treatment of animals. The text's versatility allows it to be widely used not only in ethical theory courses, but also in applied ethics courses of all kinds.
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Rachels (1941-2003) introduces undergraduate students to moral philosophy in a textbook with chapters that can be read separately but together tell a continuous story of ideas being articulated, modified, integrated, and superseded. His goal is to present the main contending schools of thought without trying to be comprehensive or to promote a bias. His colleague Stuart Rachels (philosophy, U. of Alabama-Birmingham) prepared this edition with James' collaboration before he died. He has also prepared a 2006 fourth edition of James' companion The Right Thing to Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy/. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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