UP TO DATE APPLIED ETHICAL ISSUES

ISBN: 9781516519576 Géneros: HP Sinópsis: Up to Date Applied Ethical Issues introduces readers to a variety of recent works on applied ethical issues While providing summaries of seminal works on applied ethics so that students are aware of the classics in the discipline the book focuses on new ways of thinking about applied ethics that are representative of contemporary discourse  Up to Date Applied Ethical Issues discusses numerous highinterest topics such as poverty child abuse human enhancement abortion torture capital punishment animal ethics and human rights Each issue is presented with enough general context for it to be fully accessible to students Key concepts and theories related to the issue enable students to engage in thinking from a philosophical perspective Thoughtfully crafted review questions can be used to guide class discussions or serve as writing prompts  Developed to familiarize today39s philosophy students with foundational knowledge while also encouraging fresh thinking on contemporary challenges Up to Date Applied Ethical Issues can be used as the primary text for any applied ethics course or as a supplemental reader in general ethics classesJeremy A Dickinson earned his PhD in philosophy at Syracuse University and is now a lecturer at both California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and Cuesta College Dr Dickinson39s teaching interests are metaphysics medieval philosophy and ethics His current projects work on applied ethics related to animal ethics and world poverty and a book on the history of ethics and political philosophy Dr Dickinson is a member of the American Philosophical Association