Developing moral imagination : case studies in practical morality
xiv, 256 pages ; 21 cm
9781556129780, 1556129785
37442943
Introduction. Pluralism v. Absolutism and Relativism
SEX
Sex: Who Makes the Rules? Natural Law, Social Custom, Personal Choice
Gay Sex: Human Right or Moral Wrong? Dilemma for Gays: Celibacy or Sin?
Play of the Sexes: When Flirting Becomes Harassment. Workplace Taboos, Embodied Workers, Virtual Rape
MEDICINE
Infant Organ Donors: Anencephalics as Organ Banks. Brain-absent Babies, Surrogate Altruism and the Slippery Slope
Fetal Tissue Transplants and Research: Use or Abuse? Where Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Agree
Assisted Suicide: Whose Life Is It? Choosing and Helping a Good Death
JUSTICE
Children's Rights: Are Kids Different? The Caretaker Approach and Children's Liberation
The Elderly Disabled: Who Cares? A Bill of Rights for Adult Daughter Caregivers
The Poor Need Us: or Do We Need Them? What Do the Undeserving Poor Deserve?
Racial Justice: Color Blind or Group-Conscious? Diversity Ethics, Equal Treatment, and Assimilation
GENDER
Pregnancy in the Hazardous Workplace. Gender Equality and the Perpetually Pregnant Woman
Right Wing Women: the Enemy is Us? Can Feminism Afford to Include Women with Conservative Values?
Abortion's Middle Ground: Sell-Out or Compromise? A Moral Alternative to Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Extremism?
BUSINESS
When Does an Economic Plus Become a Human Minus? Marketplace rationality, humanistic rationality, what is your price?
Global Business: Ethical Idealism or Ethical Imperialism? How to Behave "When in Rome ..."
Right Livelihood: Work as Calling or Career? Money and the New Professional Ethics
Product Liability: Caveat Emptor? Caveat Vendor, Due Care, Must Products Be Fail-Safe?
SELF
Alcoholism: Disease or Moral Choice? "Don't Drink!"
a Cure for Alcoholism
Free Speech: the Right to be Wrong. Politically Incorrect, Evil, Indecent, Erroneous, and Hateful Speech
When Does an Ecological Plus Become a Human Minus? Bo-centrist, CEO-centrist, Deep Ecology, and CEO-feminism
Ethical Pluralism: Zero Sum Game or Win Win? Competition, Cooperation, Co-Opetition