The Moral World

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Moral World</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a comprehensive introduction to the diverse perspectives of major ethical thinkers and theories. The book explores Eastern Western religious and secular views of ethics and helps students understand when and how to participate in ethical discussions.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The text is rooted in normative ethics-the various theories of ethics created by thinkers to let us know how to behave toward one another. The five sections of the book address religious morality and transcendence virtue ethicists rational norms and secular morality ethics and social change and issues in medical ethics. As students engage with these overarching concepts they are exposed to the writings of great philosophical thinkers ancient and contemporary including Aristotle Maimonides Avicenna Bentham Rand Marx King Gandhi and the Dalai Lama.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The second edition features new readings on ethics and feminism ethics in medicine and ethical considerations related to gene therapy and euthanasia.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Written in a student-friendly style </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Moral World</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> enables students to understand the place of ethics connect religion and ethics and recognize the value of ethics in the material world. The book is appropriate for introductory courses in ethics. It can also be used as a supplemental reader in classes on comparative religion general philosophy or humanities.</span></p>