Contemporary Debates In Applied Ethics - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405115483 ISBN 13 : 9781405115483

Editeur : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today. * Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in applied ethics * Topics addressed include abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy in civil society, values in nature, and world hunger. * Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion. * Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in applied ethics, whilst also capturing the imagination of professional philosophers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew I. Cohen is Associate Director of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics and teaches in the Department of Philosophy at Georgia State University. Christopher Heath Wellman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-editor, with R. G. Frey, of A Companion to Applied Ethics (Blackwell 2003).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405115483
• ISBN 13: 9781405115483
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Éditeur: Cohen Andrew I., Wellman Christopher Heath
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible