Applied Ethics: An Impartial Introduction

Applied Ethics: An Impartial Introduction prepares readers to evaluate selected classical and contemporary problems in applied ethics in a way that does justice to their complexity without sacrificing clarity or fairness of representation. Its balanced exposition and analysis, enhanced by helpful pedagogical features, make it an ideal book for introducing the ethics of real-life problems including abortion, animal rights, disability, the environment, poverty, and punishment.

Reviews:

"Jackson, Goldschmidt, Crummett, and Chan are experienced teachers with a multitude of insights on the problems they explain in this splendid introduction to applied ethics. It is selective in focus but comprehensive in coverage; it is philosophically rigorous but remarkably clear in presentation; and each of the six sections is substantive enough for a good part of a course while the whole could occupy a full term. The book is an excellent choice as a main introductory text in applied ethics but so well laid out and referenced as to be a resource for students working in this field at any level. It has the clarity and concreteness needed for an introduction and the thoroughness needed in a higher-level study of the moral problems it explores."
      —Robert Audi, John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

"An engaging, well written, and rigorous introduction to applied ethics. Jackson, Goldschmidt, Crummett, and Chan have produced an impressive work. Their text covers many different topics, some of which are not often covered by similar books, even as they become more and more relevant in the current debate (e.g., wild animal suffering and charitable giving). I particularly liked the way in which the authors help students to test their own level of understanding, and how they encourage students to deepen their knowledge of the topics they find most interesting. I look forward to using this book in my next undergraduate course."
      —Francesca Minerva, University of Milan

"The authors have done a marvelous job with Applied Ethics. They’ve chosen great topics, they’ve explained contemporary debates crisply and clearly, they’ve obviously made a huge effort to represent every position charitably. Moreover, they’ve made smart decisions to enhance reader comprehension and engagement, such as scattering questions throughout the text, rather than burying them at the end of each chapter. It’s going to be a pleasure to teach with this book!"
      —Bob Fischer, Department of Philosophy, Texas State University

About the Authors:

Elizabeth Jackson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University.

Tyron Goldschmidt, formerly a philosophy professor, is a software engineer at PrepScholar.

Dustin Crummett is a postdoctoral researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Rebecca Chan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San José State University.