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Morality's muddy waters ethical quandaries in modern America /

Main Author: Cotkin, George, 1950-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Ethics > History > 20th century > United States
Ethics > History > 21st century > United States
Ethical problems
Bombing, Aerial > Moral and ethical aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968 > Moral and ethical aspects.
Racism > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States > History > 1945-
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10641592
Table of Contents:
  • Problems of evil
  • A sky that never cared less
  • The moral mystery of My Lai
  • The hate state : empathy and moral luck
  • Just rewards? : capital punishment
  • Muddiness and moral clarity : the iraqi situation
  • Conclusion: Tortur and the tortured.

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