ABSTRACT
Arguments about ethics often centre on traditional questions of, for instance, euthanasia and abortion. Whilst these questions are still in the foreground, recent years have seen an explosion of new moral problems. Moral and political clashes are now as likely to be about sexuality and gender and the status of refugees, immigrants and borders, or the ethics of social media, safe spaces, disability and robo-ethics.
How should we approach these debates? What are the issues at stake? What are the most persuasive arguments? Edited by best-selling philosophy author David Edmonds, Ethics and the Contemporary World assembles a star-studded line-up of philosophers to explore twenty-five of the most important ethical problems confronting us today. They engage with moral problems in race and gender, the environment, war and international relations, global poverty, ethics and social media, democracy, rights and moral status, and science and technology.
Whether you want to learn more about the ethics of poverty, food, extremism, or artificial intelligence and enhancement, this book will help you understand the issues, sharpen your perspective and, hopefully, make up your own mind.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|25 pages
Race and gender
part Two|28 pages
The environment
part Three|37 pages
War and international relations
part Four|40 pages
Global poverty
part Five|39 pages
Ethics and social media
part Six|42 pages
Democracy
chapter Fourteen|13 pages
Extremism
part Seven|86 pages
Rights and moral status
part Eight|52 pages
Science and technology