With its unique union of theory and application and its well-organized, easy-to-use design, Moral Choices has earned its place as the standard text for college ethics courses. This fourth edition offers extensive updates, revisions, and three brand new chapters all...
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With its unique union of theory and application and its well-organized, easy-to-use design, Moral Choices has earned its place as the standard text for college ethics courses. This fourth edition offers extensive updates, revisions, and three brand new chapters all designed to help students develop a sound and current basis for making ethical decisions in today's complex postmodern culture.
Moral Choices outlines the distinctive elements of Christian ethics while avoiding undue dogmatism. The book also introduces other ethical systems and their key historical proponents, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant.
After describing a seven-step procedure for tackling ethical dilemmas, author Scott Rae uses case studies to address some of today's most pressing social issues. He guides students in thinking critically and biblically about issues, including:
Abortion
Reproductive Technologies
Euthanasia
Capital Punishment
Sexual Ethics
The Morality of War
Genetic Technologies and Human Cloning
Ethics and Economics
NEW: Creation Care
NEW: Animal Rights
NEW: Gun-Control
NEW: Race, Gender, and Diversity
NEW: Immigration, Refugees, and Border Control
FEATURES
Relevant Case Studies throughout
Discussion questions at the end of each chapter
Sidebars with case studies for discussion
Recommended further reading
-Publisher
PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 523123
- Product Code 9780310536437
- ISBN 031053643X
- EAN 9780310536437
- Department Academic
- Category Christian Worldview
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Zondervan
- Publication Date Oct 2018
- Sales Rank 50740
- DRM Adobe
- Printable No
- Size 1.89 MB (EPUB)
Scott B Rae
Scott B. Rae (PhD, University of Southern California) is professor of Christian ethics at Talbot School of Theology at Los Angeles. Dr. Rae is the author of The Ethics of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood, (Praeger Publishing); Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics,( Zondervan); Brave New Families: Biblical Ethics and Reproductive Technologies, (Baker); Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics (Zondervan) with Kenman L. Wong; Bioethics: A Christian Approach in a Pluralistic Age (Eerdmans); and On Human Persons: Metaphysical and Ethical Reflections (Intervarsity Press) with J.P. Moreland.
Dr. Rae serves as ethics consultant for Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, California; Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California; Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona, California; Santa Ana Hospital, Santa Ana, California; and Coastal Communities Hospital, Santa Ana, California.
He is a fellow of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and a member of the American Society of Bioethics and the Humanities
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