Moral Reasoning: A Text on Reader on Ethics and Contemporary Moral Issues (OUP, 2017)
- Includes clear and comprehensive discussions of moral reasoning, ethical theory, and contemporary moral issues along with a thorough set of readings in these areas
- Readings include both standards of moral theory and classic and contemporary sources in applied ethics from an uncommonly diverse set of authors; nearly one-third of the readings are authored by women
- Offers coverage of standard contemporary moral issues along with more cutting-edge topics like race, sex, and climate change
- Illustrates aspects of moral reasoning using actual arguments from the applied ethics literature
- Explains the use of analogical reasoning, thought experiments, and counterexamples in ethics
- Includes dozens of detailed case studies drawn from real events, fiction, and film
- Incorporates Chinese and African ethics
- Provides "guiding questions" to help students understand primary sources, discussion questions for each chapter and reading, and a detailed appendix on writing an ethics paper