Presents a collection of essays by leading philosophers devoted to the moral issues of the day, including abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, famine, war, suicide, the environment, and animal rights.

An assessment of both classical and current philosophical thought concerning the issue of civil disobedience. Drawing upon the essays of such contemporary thinkers as Rawls, Raz and Singer, this text aims to provide the basic material required for debate on the nature of civil disorder.

This text examines the usefulness of casuistry , or the method of cases in arriving at moral decisions. It seeks to teach something about how we actually reason concerning life and death situations, and how we ought to reason if we wish both to be consistent and properly respect human life.

This text examines the usefulness of casuistry , or the method of cases in arriving at moral decisions. It seeks to teach something about how we actually reason concerning life and death situations, and how we ought to reason if we wish both to be consistent and properly respect human life.

An assessment of the philosophical arguments on the issues surrounding civil disobedience. The contributions include classic essays from Rawls, Raz and Singer.