Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-443) and index.
The nature of morality -- Consequentialist (teleological) theories of morality -- Nonconsequentialist (deontological) theories of morality -- Virtue ethics -- Absolutism versus relativism -- Freedom versus determinism -- Reward and punishment -- Setting up a moral system : basic assumptions and basic principles -- The taking of human life -- Allowing someone to die, mercy death, and mercy killing -- Abortion -- Lying, cheating, breaking promises, and stealing -- Morality, marriage, and human sexuality -- Bioethics : ethical issues in medicine -- Business and media ethics.