Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy

by Thomas A. Mappes and Jane S. Zembaty

In its seventh edition, "Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy" continues to provide material that will encourage reflective and critical examination of key contemporary moral problems. With additional readings and a new organization that groups related chapters together under four categories, this edition enhances the teachability that was the most salient characteristic of previous editions. The text maintains its ability to bring the central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070401209
• ISBN13: 9780070401204
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

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Social Ethics

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what a lovely book!

The Mappes/Zembaty reader has everything one would want in an introductory primer on ethics and social policy. The editors have collected well-argued and important essays by philosophers, jurists and laymen on most of the politically charged topics of today, from abortion to pornography to environmentalism. Unfortunately, the book has not been updated to include any treatment of behaviors made newly possible by the Internet; perhaps a newer edition will accommodate this angle.