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Moral Issues: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives
Moral Issues Philosophical and Religious Perspectives Author:Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez Categories critical to a person's self-identitiy and plan of life such as race, gender, and religion are of central importance in understanding what morality is all about. Reflecting this philosophy, this collection of readings provides a non-conventional view of the disipline of ethics and the moral issues many of us confront in our daily lives... more ». The issues addressed within these readings are controversial, in part because the views that are expressed conflict and are incompatible with conventional ideas of how life should be lived and the role of religion in the moral life. Topics include: *Religion and Morality *Abortion *Euthanasia *Ethics and National Health Care *Sex and Marriage *Religion and Liberal Democracy *War and Pacifism *Ethics and the Economic Order *Hunger *Religion, Ethics, and the Environment *Justice« less