Moral Problems: A Coursebook For Schools and Colleges 1st Edition By Michael Palmer A highly successful course on ethics including extracts from the major texts in ethical theory, with introductions and questions to aid students in their comprehension of these texts. ISBN-13: 9780718827915 Specifications: 297x210mm, 160pp, Paperback Price: £15.00 • US$32.50 Publication: May 1991 Order this Title Now

About this Book

This well-known classroom-developed course, first published in 1991 to great acclaim, is designed specifically for students of General Studies, Philosophy and Religious Education at sixth-form and college level.

Primary texts on ethics and ethical theory are combined with accessible and stimulating commentary, comprehension exercises and essay questions, set out in handy units of work which can be spread over the school or college year.

The course bridges both the arts and the sciences, encouraging students to debate the different positions of authors on subjects such as justice and punishment, free-will and euthanasia, duty and civil disobedience. Now widely used in schools and colleges, it has proved extremely useful to students of all disciplines, demanding precision in language and clarity in argument.

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Reviews and Comments

"This is the real stuff of education"
Times Educational Supplement

"A book of outstanding merit"
School Librarian

"An excellent course-book which will be of value, not only to teachers familiar with these philosophical latitudes, but also to those who have the responsibility of teaching courses in ethics but have doubts about their knowledge and capacity for so doing."
Cogito

About the Author

Dr. Michael Palmer has taught extensively in schools and universities on both sides of the Atlantic. Following the prestigious award of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Marburg, he was invited to found a philosophy course at Manchester Grammar School, where he remained for eight years as the Head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy. The course attracted national attention, and much of the material covered was based on this book.

Other titles available by Michael Palmer:
Moral Problems in Medicine: A Practical Coursebook
The Philosophy of Religion: A Sourcebook (Two-Volume Set)
The Philosophy of Religion: A Sourcebook (Volume One)
The Philosophy of Religion: A Sourcebook (Volume Two)