Today's Moral Issues: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

by Daniel A. Bonevac

Book Overview

This anthology of 88 readings explores the most pressing ethical issues of our time. In addition to providing readings on contemporary issues, the book lends historical perspective to current moral... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073386693
• ISBN13: 9780073386690
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Simply Great

This book is a must read for any person interested in philosophy or ethics. I had the pleasure of taking his course and so far it has been my favorite up to date. His writing style will keep you awake and interested, he writes to an average audience, meaning you don't have to be a philosophy scholar to understand. His book covers everything from animal rights, war, sexuality, liberty, drugs, pornography, speech, justice/equality, etc. He applies the views of major classical philosophers-such as Locke, Aristotle, Mill, Kant- as well as new views from modern intellectuals. (Most importantly he provides opposing or contrasting views on every subject). The chapters are conveniently broken down into essays that only require a few minutes to read and understand, you will walk away from each chapter and easily be able to apply the theories. In real life, this professor is very witty and articulate, having a conversation with him is simply wonderful, having said that I feel that his book gets the best of his personality. I have kept this book and continue to go over and re-read it, amazing every time.

Not for the Ignorant

I am again amazed at Dr. Bonevac prose...they are brilliant!! I am sure this text is difficult to understand for some (see previous review), but to those with the ability to think for themselves, this is one of the best books EVER written.

Fantastic!!

This book is fantastic!! Unlike my fellow southern counter part, I could actually understand what was written - and I loved it. I am not a philosophy major, but this book is easy to understand and makes the topic come alive. I will read more of Bonevac's titles. This is a great read!! Thank you Dr. Bonevac for enlightening me!!

Today's Moral Issues By: Daniel Bonevac

I would have to say that this author has done a fine job creating this book. I am using this book in a Philosopy course and Bonevac has done a good job getting the main idea's of these famous philosophers across. I would highly recomend this book to anyone who is studying Philosopy or is just interested in learning something new.