TY - BOOK AU - Satris,Stephen TI - Taking sides SN - 0073397156 AV - BJ1012 .T24 2008 U1 - 170 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Dubuque, Iowa PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Ethics KW - Abortion KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Same-sex marriage KW - Human cloning KW - Animals KW - Cloning KW - Sale of organs, tissues, etc KW - Drug legalization KW - Gambling KW - Affirmative action programs KW - Gun control KW - Capital punishment KW - Assisted suicide KW - Vegetarianism KW - Social ethics KW - Debates and debating N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Unit 1. Fundamental issues in morality -- Issue 1. Is morality relativism correct? -- Issue 2. Does morality need religion? -- Issue 3. Is Ayn Rand's ethical egoism correct? -- Unit 2. Gender, sex, and reproduction -- Issue 4. Is abortion immoral? -- Issue 5. Must sex involve commitment? -- Issue 6. Should same-sex marriage be allowed? -- Issue 7. Should human cloning be banned? -- Unit 3. Law and society -- Issue 8. Is cloning pets ethically justified? -- Issue 9. Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs? -- Issue 10. Should drugs be legalized? -- Issue 11. Is gambling immoral? -- Issue 12. Is affirmative action fair? -- Issue 13. Should handguns be banned? -- Issue 14. Should the death penalty be abolished? -- Issue 15. Is torture ever justified? -- Issue 16. Is physician-assisted suicide wrong? -- Unit 4. Human beings and other species -- Issue 17. Does morality require vegetarianism? UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2007300430-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0814/2007300430-t.html ER -