Applied Ethics : Burning Issues

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. An introduction to applied ethics. 2. The ethical question of mercy killing or Euthanasia. 3. Racial discrimination. 4. Ethics of abortion: is it moral or immoral to have an abortion. 5. Business ethics. 6. Bio-ethics.

Applied ethics deals with controversial moral issues. In recent years applied ethics have been subdivided into convenient groups such as Euthanasia, Abortion ethics, racial discrimination and business ethics. To qualify as an applied ethical issue, the issue must be more than one of mere social policy and it must be morally relevant as well. In this book questions are raised what type of euthanasia is legal and what type of it is illegal? In what conditions abortion should be allowed in the interest of women going to be aborted? In this book merits and demerits of racial discrimination are debated. In the present age of globalization there is not place to racial discrimination for the right to equality of humanity. Racism is defined as the belief that one race of people are superior to another because of the race they are born into. The field of business etbics examines moral controversies relating to the social responsibilities of capitalist business practices the moral status of corporate entities, deceptive advertising insides trading basic employee rights job discrimination affirmative action drug testing and whistle blowing.

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