TY - BOOK AU - Thiroux,Jacques P. AU - Krasemann,Keith W. TI - Ethics: theory and practice SN - 020520788x AV - BJ1012 .T47 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Ethics KW - Textbooks KW - Ethical problems N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-443) and index; The nature of morality -- Consequentialist (teleological) theories of morality -- Nonconsequentialist (deontological) theories of morality -- Virtue ethics -- Absolutism versus relativism -- Freedom versus determinism -- Reward and punishment -- Setting up a moral system : basic assumptions and basic principles -- The taking of human life -- Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing -- Abortion -- Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing -- Morality, marriage, and human sexuality -- Bioethics : ethical issues in medicine -- Business and media ethics ER -