Applied Ethics

Robin Attfield is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University.

• Acknowledgements1 The History and Revival of Applied Ethics2 Sketches of Some Ethical Theories3 Inter-Generational Ethics4 Inter-Species Ethics5 Biomedical Ethics6 Development Ethics and Population Ethics7 Environmental Ethics and Climate Ethics8 Punishment, Recompense and Capital Punishment9 The Ethics of War and Peace10 Applied Ethics and Ethical TheoryReferencesIndex

“An outstanding book: comprehensive, systematic, and clear, covering enormous territory. It will be highly successful in courses, as well as with general readers looking for a guide to applied ethics. Attfield is a true, even awesome contributor to the field.”Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College“This clear, scholarly, and engaging book, by a long-standing and internationally eminent contributor to the subject, is the perfect introduction to applied ethics for students. Those already working in the area at any level will also learn much from it.”Roger Crisp, University of Oxford