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Traer, Robert.

Doing ethics in a diverse world / Robert Traer and Harlan Stelmach. - Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2008. - xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-312) and index.

Learning from experience -- Our challenge : doing ethics in a pluralistic society -- Reasoning together : making sense of our experience -- Rule of law : the ethics of justice -- Creating an ethical presumption -- Duty : doing what is right -- Character : being a good person -- Relationships : caring and letting go -- Human rights : autonomy and human dignity -- Overcoming an ethical presumption -- Possible consequences : utilitarian and cost-benefit arguments -- Making decisions : HIV/AIDS -- Applying the approach -- Public morality : seeking the common good -- Health care : life and death -- Sex : consent plus what? -- War against terrorism : justice and freedom -- Economic justice : fair and caring? -- Our natural world : living ecologically.

ISBN: 9780813343662 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813343666 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007003744

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA728758 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013715853 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics, Modern--21st century.

LC Class. No.: BJ320 / .T73 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 170