More readings than ever before. The Sixth Edition offers 50 readings (34 new), more selections than ever before, giving instructors more choices, while introducing students to such contemporary voices as Simon Blackburn, Frances Kamm, Hilary Putnam, and Tom Regan.
Three new issues are drawn from today's headlines. The Sixth Edition offers discussion on three new issues particularly relevant today: genetic engineering, multiculturalism and political correctness, and war and terrorism.
Literary selections now open each Part, engaging students immediately with the issues that will be confronted--in Part I, an excerpt from Sophocles's Philoctetes raises the issue of individual human rights vs. the needs of the community, Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equation" introduces Part II and dramatizes the dilemmas of taking human life,andin Part III, an excerpt from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World warns of the dangers of social engineering.
New Part Introductions. Each Part introduction has been rewritten and streamlined for a more focused chapter introduction.
An exciting new TopLinks Website. This dynamic TopLink site connects students to research links on topics that are tied directly to the Chapters in ~Ethics for Modern Life,~ allowing them to find sources on the web quickly and easily.