Applying Ethics With Infotrac: A Text With Readings

By Frederick A. de Armas, Mary E. Barnard, Frederick A de Armas

Book Overview

A perennial bestseller, APPLYING ETHICS introduces students to ethics via a well-proven formula of engaging commentary, seminal readings, and thought-provoking cases drawn from a wide range of contemporary social debates. Providing readers with a basic overview of the most important ethical theories in chapter one, each subsequent chapter takes a contemporary ethical issue as its focus. Guided by the authors' extensive introductions, and readings exhibiting divergent positions, and particularly timely cases, APPLYING ETHICS provides students with a model for considering critically many of the ethical dilemmas that abound in contemporary life. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534626580
• ISBN13: 9780534626587
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Cool book

I used this for a philosophy course and I must say that this book was quite bearable and enjoyable. I enjoyed the articles and case studies for each chapter, like for example, capital punishment. Also, in each chapter there is a list of both for and against a certain topic. I found that to be a good springing board for further research. Everyone's got some sort of opinion on topics, and this book should help one better formulate...

introduction with depth

Applying Ethics is a wonderful introductory text. My freshmen enjoy it as compared to other books because of its readable essays, helpful outlines, and current examples; while I appreciate its logical depth and comprehensiveness. Excerpts of major philosophers were selected carefully to provide a representative glimpse of a theory without overwhelming the new student. The editors were wisely unafraid to select topical essays...