{"product_id":"whats-wrong-david-boonin-9780195337808","title":"What's Wrong?: Applied Ethicists and Their Critics","description":"Is abortion morally permissible? Is it wrong to hunt animals for sport or to slaughter them for food? Should human cloning be permitted? Is torture ever justified?\u003cbr\u003e Now in a second edition, \u003cem\u003eWhat's Wrong? Applied Ethicists and Their Critics\u003c\/em\u003e presents a thorough and engaging exploration of these complex questions and twenty-four other contemporary ethical issues. \u003cstrong\u003eEmploying a unique approach to teaching argumentation, editors David Boonin and Graham Oddie open each chapter with an influential article that takes a strong stand on a particular issue; the essays that immediately follow offer objections and critical responses to the arguments put forth in the featured selection.\u003c\/strong\u003e This format helps students learn how to better engage in debates because it illustrates how philosophers argue with each other. Featuring \u003cstrong\u003ea new section on applied ethics and ethical theory, \u003c\/strong\u003e the general introduction to this second edition also describes strategies for understanding and evaluating the different types of arguments contained in the readings. Detailed part and chapter introductions--streamlined in this edition--enable students to see precisely how the arguments presented in the various writings are related to one another. Questions for Consideration and updated and expanded Further Reading Lists are included at the end of each chapter.\u003cbr\u003e Featuring more than eighty readings organized into five parts--killing, sex, the family, race relations, and the state--\u003cem\u003eWhat's Wrong?\u003c\/em\u003e includes seminal essays by prominent philosophers alongside work by newer voices in the field. \u003cstrong\u003eAddressing five new cutting-edge issues--overpopulation, campus hate speech codes, hate crime laws, torture, and global warming--the second edition includes fifteen new readings.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ideal for courses in applied ethics\/contemporary moral problems and introduction to ethics, \u003cem\u003eWhat's Wrong?, \u003c\/em\u003e Second Edition, can also be used in critical thinking courses that emphasize philosophical argumentatio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Boonin, Graham Oddie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195337808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195337808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 7.26w x 1.40d","brand":"David Boonin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054659170559,"sku":"9780195337808","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49d08f31-6fb3-4904-8acd-e3f7bd5511cd.jpg?v=1685031234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whats-wrong-david-boonin-9780195337808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}