Ethics,
10th Edition

Part I: THEORY.
1. Introduction to Ethics and Ethical Theory.
2. Religion and Global Ethics.
3. Ethical Relativism.
4. Egoism, Altruism, and the Social Contract.
5. Utilitarianism.
6. Deontological Ethics.
7. Natural Law and Human Rights.
8. Virtue Ethics.
9. Feminist Thought and the Ethics of Care.
Part II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.
Section I: BIOETHICS.
10. Healthcare Ethics.
11. Ethics of Birthing and Dying.
12. Biotechnology and Bioengineering.
Section II: SOCIAL JUSTICE.
13. Equality and Discrimination.
14. Economic Justice.
15. Sexual Morality and Gender Justice.
16. Global Justice and Development Ethics.
Section III: SOCIAL ORDER AND VIOLENCE.
17. Punishment and the Death Penalty.
18. Violence and War.
Section IV: THE NON-HUMAN.
19. Environmental Ethics.
20. Animal Ethics—and Beyond.

• Andrew Fiala

  Andrew Fiala is chair and professor of philosophy at Fresno State University, as well as director of the university's Ethics Center. His scholarly writing focuses on war and peace, politics, religion, and ethics. He also is a columnist for the Fresno Bee.

• Barbara MacKinnon

  Barbara MacKinnon is a professor emerita of philosophy at the University of San Francisco. During her 30 years of teaching, her instruction and writing focused primarily on the history of ethics and contemporary ethical issues. She enjoys reading widely, playing the piano, and traveling.

• This edition has substantive treatment of race and gender throughout, including discussions of what key figures in the history of ethics thought about race and gender. This renewed focus on inclusivity and diversity is seen in the inclusion of even more diverse voices in the short primary source readings included in each chapter. It also includes an even broader range of examples and cases involving world religious traditions, issues involving indigenous peoples, and the challenge of globalizing the curriculum. Teachers who are interested in a more inclusive and diverse approach to teaching ethics and moral questions will find this edition refreshing and inspiring.

• The 10th Edition is the only ethics textbook on the market that provides this level of focus on issues involving inclusivity and diversity.

• It features a new chapter on healthcare ethics that features basic issues in bioethics as well as issues that have emerged from COVID-19, including justice in health care, vaccines and public health. The new healthcare ethics chapter includes some discussion of abortion and euthanasia. There is also a new chapter about birthing and dying that incorporates material from previous edition chapters on abortion and euthanasia, while also updating information about the new legal situation in the United States and connecting the discussion to new and emerging issues at the beginning and end of life.

• Updated factual information appears in every chapter, including detailed and updated information about changes in abortion law and healthcare ethics. Healthcare ethics include challenges stemming from COVID-19, incarceration and crime rates, new issues and challenges in warfare, climate change and environmental issues, new biotechnologies, racial disparities, transgender issues, emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, racial reparations and more. Teachers who want students to think about and discuss contemporary facts and cases will find these updates quite useful.

• New pedagogical apparatus in the text includes clearer learning outcomes, including learning outcomes mapped to chapter headings; engaging opening vignettes and “What Do You Think?” questions intended to stimulate student reflection and discussion; mid-chapter “Check Your Understanding” quizzes designed to facilitate student learning; and extensive chapter summaries organized around learning outcomes. The text continues to provide (updated) review questions and case studies. These new and improved pedagogical features will help instructors engage students in various ways -- they can be used as classroom exercises or assigned as homework or for online discussion.

• Primary source readings have been shortened and broadened. Each chapter includes several short primary source readings that have been selected to provide a range of viewpoints as well as a diverse array of authors. Short readings are emphasized in order to gain breadth of perspective and voice. Instructors can easily supplement these short excerpts with more extended readings.

• This edition has user-friendly exposition of key ideas intended to facilitate learning. These include clear and accessible summaries of ethical theories and their application to moral issues, which provide a detailed overview of influential arguments and positions. Additionally, the text includes updated discussions of relevant cases and controversies that place philosophical concepts in the context of current events.

• Balanced presentation: This book introduces the Western philosophical tradition while emphasizing a range of cultural, gender, racial and international perspectives, including religious points of view.

• Intriguing opening vignettes with “What Do You Think?” discussion questions: Chapters open with vignettes illustrating the real-world stakes of contemporary moral issues or recent events that capture students' interest and direct their attention to the philosophical discussion that follows.

• Diverse readings: The text features a wide range of readings from influential ethicists, important philosophers, and activists. Shorter readings have been emphasized in order to allow for broader inclusion of points of view and diverse voices. New authors for this edition and the past revision include: Michelle Alexander, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Angela Davis, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Mohandas Gandhi, Virginia Held, Ibram X. Kendi, John Lachs, James Lawson, Hilde Lindemann, Alain Locke, Alasdair MacIntyre, Larry May, Greta Thunberg, Iris Marion Young, Naomi Zack and others.

• Student-friendly design: The four-color layout has been redesigned with readability and student interest in mind. Colorful photos and diagrams help visually oriented students engage with the text.

• Effective learning aids: Clearly mapped learning outcomes guide student learning throughout each chapter. Mid-chapter “Check Your Understanding” quizzes help reinforce student learning. Extensive chapter summaries at the end of each chapter reiterate learning outcomes. Study questions at the beginning of each reading help students focus and become engaged with the content. Review Exercises at the end of each chapter also can serve as test or exam questions. Discussion cases, following each applied ethics chapter, encourage students to consider the personal stakes of moral problems and to generate classroom discussion.

• Emphasis on the following topics: inclusivity and diversity in reading historical sources, diverse religious traditions and non-Western ethics, religion and global ethics, socio-biology and naturalistic ethics, changing abortion laws, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, economic inequality, immigration, racial profiling and reparations, restorative justice, ethical vegetarianism, trans-humanism and biotechnological advances, eco-feminism, critiques of war, and frontiers in globalization and technology.

• Expanded discussion of feminism and contemporary political issues affecting women -- connected with updated material about feminism, abortion, gay marriage, transgender issues, discrimination and eco-feminism.

• Continued emphasis on pedagogical tools including: clearly articulated learning outcomes, study and review questions, an extensive glossary of key terms, diagrams and tables, and newly updated online learning aids.

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