This volume provides a clear and compelling introduction to the
most controversial moral and legal problems in society. Focusing on
ethical and legal decision making, it directs attention to the
issues raised by the general public and by students of law,
philosophy, justice, and social policy.
Some frequently asked questions and examples address basic life
and death issues: abortion and infanticide; care of children, at
risk because of predatory priests or alternatives to medicine;
capital punishment, in general and excluding juveniles and the
mentally retarded; right to die, including physician-assisted
suicide and euthanasia. Other frequently asked questions and
examples address administrative practices: affirmative action,
especially in higher education; professional conduct of lawyers,
doctors, and educators; sexual conduct, including homosexual
behavior and same-sex marriage; privacy, as a personal problem and
a Constitutional right. The materials examine many controversies in
ethical and legal decision making: where competing moral and
ethical values come from; how to balance reason and faith as
significant factors; what the role of personal religious,
political, and philosophical views is in deciding; which method is
of use in interpreting the U.S. and State Constitutions; what
factors to use in the confirmation of Justices and others; the
importance of stability v. the necessity for change in addressing
moral problems; whether legislatures or courts can better solve
contemporary problems; the wide variety of views of ethical and
legal decision making.
The extensive bibliography directs students and the public
interested in further material to the important world where ethics
and law, morality and public policy interact. This brief and
readable book is the first place to look for what most people want
to know about law and ethics.
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