Understanding ethics / Noel Preston.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2014.

4th ed.

85659

Ethics -- Australia.

Social ethics -- Case studies.

Part A. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part B. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part C. 13. 14. What is ethics?

The ethical challenge

Encountering ethics

Ethical theory : an overview

Responsible ethical decisions

What are the issues?

Truthtelling and honesty

Sex, love and morality

Life and death : bioethical issues

War, terrorism and violence

Public responsibility and political ethics

Ethics in business and the professions

Environmental ethics

A global ethic for a global society

How to cultivate an ethical life

Values education

Sustaining the good life.

Former United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earle Warren said, 'The law floats on a sea of ethics'. Throughout Preston's book, he explains where the law and ethics interface. Topically, "the war on terror" raises the ethical question of when is it appropriate for one nation to interfere for moral purposes in the affairs of another nation? Preston's book is an introduction to ethics covering a wide range of ethical conundrums. There are useful analyses of the ethics of honesty, sex and love, public responsibility, war and terrorism, and environmental issues. Preston has produced a highly readable text that is thought provoking and accessible.

Table of contents is taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862879539

viii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm