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Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume - including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics - provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing moral questions facing us today. * Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethics * Offers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and…mehr

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Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume - including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics - provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing moral questions facing us today. * Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethics * Offers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and business ethics * Written by major philosophers presently engaged with these complex and profound ethical issues

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R. G. Frey is Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on applied ethics, normative theory, and the history of eighteenth-century British moral philosophy. With Gerald Dworkin and Sissela Bok, he is the author of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide (1998). Christopher Heath Wellman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-editor, with Andrew Cohen, of Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics (Blackwell 2004).
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"The Companion to Applied Ethics offers accessible essays bymany of the leading writers in the field. It is a superbintroduction to applied ethics for students and the interestedreader alike." Peter Singer, PrincetonUniversity

"The choice of essays is a solid representation of the variousinvestigations and arguments that address important issues in thefield of applied ethics. The book's organization allows it to beuseful in a number of ways: as a straight reference work, as areader on allied topics or as an anthology of significantphilosophical issues. It is an important work valuable forstudents, general readers and seasoned specialists." ReferenceReviews

"Anyone who wants to know the 'state of theart' in applied ethics should start here. Frey and Wellmanhave assembled a collection of first-rate essays by the leadingfigures in the field. There is no better introduction to thisexciting area of philosophy." James Rachels,University of Alabama atBirmingham