TY - BOOK AU - Satris,Stephen TI - Taking sides T2 - Contemporary learning series SN - 9780078050091 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Ethics KW - Social ethics KW - Abortion KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Same-sex marriage KW - Human cloning KW - Animals KW - Cloning KW - Sale of organs, tissues, etc KW - Drug legalization KW - Affirmative action programs KW - Capital punishment KW - Assisted suicide KW - Vegetarianism N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Unit 1. Fundamental issues in morality. Issue 1. Is moral relativism correct? ; Issue 2. Does morality need religion? -- Unit 2. Gender, sex, and reproduction. Issue 3. Must sex involve commitment? ; Issue 4. Is abortion moral? ; Issue 5. Is it right to prohibit same-sex marriage? ; Issue 6. Should human cloning be banned? -- Unit 3. Law and society. Issue 7. Is cloning pets ethically justified? ; Issue 8. Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs? ; Issue 9. Should drugs be legalized? -- Issue 10. Is price gouging wrong? ; Issue 11. Is affirmative action fair? ; Issue 12. Should the death penalty be abolished? ; Issue 13. Is torture ever justified? ; Issue 14. Is physician-assisted suicide wrong? -- Unit 4. Human beings and other species. Issue 15. Does morality require vegetarianism? ER -