Research Catalog

Title

Morality's muddy waters [electronic resource] : ethical quandaries in modern America / George Cotkin.

Author

Cotkin, George, 1950-

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

Details

Description

1 online resource (262 p.)

Uniform Title

Morality's muddy waters (Online)

Alternative Title

Morality's muddy waters (Online)

Subject

• Ethics > United States > History > 20th century > Case studies
• Ethics > United States > History > 21st century > Case studies
• Ethical problems > Case studies
• 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-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2009041294

OCLC

ssj0000605985

Author

Cotkin, George, 1950-

Title

Morality's muddy waters [electronic resource] : ethical quandaries in modern America / George Cotkin.

Imprint

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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