Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics - Hardcover

Rae, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0310536421 ISBN 13: 9780310536420

Publisher: Zondervan Academic, 2018

Synopsis

Outlining the distinctive elements of Christian ethics, Moral Choices is the standard text for college ethics courses.

Moral questions are at the core of life's most vital issues. But today, we see a breaking down of humanity’s ability to distinguish between right and wrong. After describing a seven-step procedure for thinking through ethical dilemmas, author Scott Rae uses case studies to address some of today's most challenging ethical and social issues. He guides students in thinking critically and biblically about issues, including:

• Abortion
• Euthanasia
• Capital Punishment
• Sexual Ethics
• War
• Technologies, including reproductive and genetic
• Ethics and Economics
• Creation Care and Animal Rights
• Gun-Control
• Race, Gender, and Diversity
• Immigration, Refugees, and Border Control

This book also introduces other ethical systems and their key historical proponents, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant.

With its unique union of theory and application and its well-organized, easy-to-use design, the fourth edition of Moral Choices also offers extensive updates, revisions, and three brand new chapters all designed to help students develop a sound and current basis for making ethical decisions in today's complex postmodern culture.

FEATURES:

• Relevant Case Studies throughout
• Discussion questions at the end of each chapter
• Sidebars with case studies for discussion
• Recommended further reading

About this title

About the Author

Scott B. Rae (PhD, University of Southern California) is Professor of Christian Ethics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0310536421
• ISBN 13: 9780310536420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 528