Taking sides: Clashing views on moral issues

Unit 1 Fundamental Issues in Morality 1 --

Issue 1 Is Moral Relativism Correct? 2 --

Issue 2 Does Morality Need Religion? 24 --

Unit 2 Gender, Sex, and Reproduction 49 --

Issue 3 Must Sex Involve Commitment? 50 --

Issue 4 Is Abortion Immoral? 66 --

Issue 5 Is It Right to Prohibit Same-Sex Marriage? 88 --

Issue 6 Should Human Cloning Be Banned? 112 --

Unit 3 Law and Society 129 --

Issue 7 Is Cloning Pets Ethically Justified? 130 --

Issue 8 Should Congress Allow the Buying and Selling of Human Organs? 148 --

Issue 9 Should Drugs Be Legalized? 161 --

Issue 10 Is Price Gouging Wrong? 182 --

Issue 11 Is Affirmative Action Fair? 209 --

Issue 12 Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished? 235 --

Issue 13 Is Torture Ever Justified? 264 --

Issue 14 Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Wrong? 286 --

Unit 4 Human Beings and Other --

Issue 15 Does Morality Require Vegetarianism? 306 --

Unit 5 Other Moral Issues 329 --

Issue 16 Should College Athletes Be Paid? 330 --

Issue 17 Is It Right to Produce Genetically Modified Food? 351.

Unit 1. Fundamental issues in morality

Issue 1. Is morality relativism correct?

Issue 2. Does morality need religion?

Issue 3. Is Ayn Rand's ethical egoism correct?

Unit 2. Gender, sex, and reproduction

Issue 4. Is abortion immoral?

Issue 5. Must sex involve commitment?

Issue 6. Should same-sex marriage be allowed?

Issue 7. Should human cloning be banned?

Unit 3. Law and society

Issue 8. Is cloning pets ethically justified?

Issue 9. Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs?

Issue 10. Should drugs be legalized?

Issue 11. Is gambling immoral?

Issue 12. Is affirmative action fair?

Issue 13. Should handguns be banned?

Issue 14. Should the death penalty be abolished?

Issue 15. Is torture ever justified?

Issue 16. Is physician-assisted suicide wrong?

Unit 4. Human beings and other species

Issue 17. Does morality require vegetarianism?

Is moral relativism correct?

Does morality need religion?

- Should the Navy assign servicewomen to submarine duty?

Is abortion immoral?

Must sex involve commitment?

Should Congress be giving more financial support to abstinence-only sex education?

Should human cloning be banned?

Are government-supported faith-based charities a good idea?

Should Congress allow the buying and selling of human organs?

Should drugs be legalized

Is affirmative action fair?

Should the Supreme Court prohibit racial preferences in college admissions?

Should same-sex marriage be allowed?

Should hate-crime laws explicitly protected sexual orientation

Should handguns be banned?

Should the death penalty be abolished?

Should physician-assisted suicide be legalized by the states?

Is it morally permissible to eat meat?