A Dialogue on Ethical Issues of Life and Death

by Rocco J. Gennaro

Overview

Ethics is concerned with the way human beings ought to behave. This book, written in the form of a dialogue, is an introduction to several ethical theories and to four major contemporary moral issues: euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, and capital punishment. It aims to develop some views and arguments that have already emerged in the literature of ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761822370
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/26/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Rocco J. Gennaro is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Indiana State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 The Setting
Chapter 3 The First Day: Ethical Theories
Chapter 4 The Second Day: Euthanasia
Chapter 5 The Third Day: Abortion
Chapter 6 The Fourth Day: Animals
Chapter 7 The Fifth Day: Capital Punishment
Chapter 8 Bibliographical Essay
Chapter 9 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Featuring a non-religious liberal, a religious conservative, a moderate liberal believer, and a moderate conservative atheist as his characters, Gennaro (philosophy, Indiana State U. at Terre Haute) scripts debates on the ethical arguments underlying questions of abortion, euthanasia, human treatment of animals, and capital punishment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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