Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy - Softcover

Thomas A. Mappes Jane S. Zembaty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007040125X ISBN 13: 9780070401259

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1986

Synopsis

This anthology encourages a critical examination of contemporary moral problems by presenting differing viewpoints on issues such as: the death penalty; euthanasia; hate speech and censorship; world hunger and global justice; and the environment. The readings, half of which are new to this fifth edition, include relevant opinions, as well as selections of work from contemporary writers and thinkers.

About this title

From the Publisher:

ADDED ARTICLES: Features 29 new readings that address current issues such as physician-assisted suicide, the death penalty, pornography and the Internet, drug addiction, welfare, homelessness, property rights, gender bias, and pollution.
ADDED CHAPTER: Provides a new Chapter 6 on Drug Control and Addiction with five new articles.
READINGS ON CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS: Provides 70 carefully-chosen readings organized around ten contemporary moral problems.
LEGAL DECISIONS: Includes legal decisions to make readers aware of ways in which morality is intertwined with social policy.
HELPFUL APPARATUS: Integrates useful editorial apparatus, including chapter introductions and annotated bibliographies. Every selection is supplemented by headnotes that provide background and context, and by questions to stimulate further thought and discussion.

About the Author:

Thomas A. Mappes holds a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University. He is professor of philosophy at Frostburg State University, where he has taught since 1973. He is the coeditor (with Jane S. Zembaty) of Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy (McGraw-Hill, 4/e, 1992) and his published work appears in journals such as American Philosophical Quarterly and Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. In 1985, the Frostburg State University Foundation presented him with the Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching.

Jane S. Zembaty, professor of philosophy at the university of Dayton, specializes in classical Greek philosophy and social ethics. She coedited the first three editions of Biomedical Ethics, and her published work includes articles on Greek philosophy, such as "Plato's Republic and Greek Morality on Lying" and "Aristotle on Lying."

David DeGrazia earned a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an M.St. from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. from Gerogetown University, each in philosophy. He has been teaching philosophy and biomedical ethics at George Washington University since 1989. He is the author of Taking Animals Seriously (Cambridge University Press) and of articles published in such journals as Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Public Affairs Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly, and Southern Journal of Philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 007040125X
• ISBN 13: 9780070401259
• Binding: Paperback