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OverviewLife in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early twenty-first century presents us with many controversial ethical issues: abortion, poverty, online behaviour, commercial sex, pornography, internet downloading, recreational drug use, social inequality, animal rights, data protection, criminal justice. . . They confront us with the task of working out how we should live, as individuals and communities. This book examines practical ethical issues that affect people in their everyday lives. Written from a New Zealand perspective, using real-life examples, it examines the ethics of how we should live. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen ChadwickPublisher: Massey University Press Imprint: Massey University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780994147325ISBN 10: 0994147325 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 11 December 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsForeword page 8 Introduction STEPHEN CHADWICK page 10 Capital Punishment GERALD K. HARRISON page 14 Freedom and the State STEPHEN CHADWICK page 38 The Treatment of Animals VANYA KOVACH page 71 Cyber-ethics NICK MUNN page 96 Sex and Intimacy VANESSA SCHOUTEN page 12 Inequality STEPHEN CHADWICK page 144 Whānau Ora: Transforming Health and Wellbeing KRUSHIL WATENE, TIM ROCHFORD AND NATALYA TAMARIKI page 169 The Environment STEPHEN DUFFIN page 196 War and Peace MARCEL ZENTVELD-WALE page 221 Abortion GERALD K. HARRISON page 261 About the contributors page 292 Index page 297ReviewsAuthor InformationStephen Chadwick received a British Academy scholarship in 1994 to undertake a PhD in social and political philosophy at Aberdeen University. He went on to complete an MA in social work at the University of Hull, and subsequently worked for many years with drug users, professional sex workers and people with physical disabilities. Stephen has been teaching applied ethics at Massey University since 2006. In addition, he has taught the ethics of war to officers of the New Zealand Defence Force and facilitated sessions for nurses on bereavement support. He is also one of New Zealand’s premier astronomical photographers and has written two books on the subject. Stephen is the current secretary of the New Zealand Association of Philosophers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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