Ethics :
Thiroux, Jacques P.
Ethics : theory and practice / Jacques P. Thiroux with Keith W. Krasemann. - 11th ed. - Boston : Pearson, c2012. - xv, 458 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-443) and index.
The nature of morality -- Consequentialist (teleological) theories of morality -- Nonconsequentialist (deontological) theories of morality -- Virtue ethics -- Absolutism versus relativism -- Freedom versus determinism -- Reward and punishment -- Setting up a moral system : basic assumptions and basic principles -- The taking of human life -- Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing -- Abortion -- Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing -- Morality, marriage, and human sexuality -- Bioethics : ethical issues in medicine -- Business and media ethics.
9780205053148 (alk. paper) 0205053149 (alk. paper)
2011020356
Ethics--Textbooks.
Ethical problems--Textbooks.
BJ1012 / .T47 2012
170
Ethics : theory and practice / Jacques P. Thiroux with Keith W. Krasemann. - 11th ed. - Boston : Pearson, c2012. - xv, 458 p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-443) and index.
The nature of morality -- Consequentialist (teleological) theories of morality -- Nonconsequentialist (deontological) theories of morality -- Virtue ethics -- Absolutism versus relativism -- Freedom versus determinism -- Reward and punishment -- Setting up a moral system : basic assumptions and basic principles -- The taking of human life -- Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing -- Abortion -- Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing -- Morality, marriage, and human sexuality -- Bioethics : ethical issues in medicine -- Business and media ethics.
9780205053148 (alk. paper) 0205053149 (alk. paper)
2011020356
Ethics--Textbooks.
Ethical problems--Textbooks.
BJ1012 / .T47 2012
170