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245 00 $aEthical issues in six religious traditions /$cedited by Peggy Morgan and Clive A. Lawton.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aEdinburgh :$bEdinburgh University Press,$cc2007.
300 $axxx, 354 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $asection A. Hinduism / Werner Menski -- 1. Religious identity and authority -- On being a Hindu -- Authority -- Authority figures in the faith -- Duties of leaders -- Duties of subjects and citizens -- 2. Personal and private? -- Personal qualities -- Friendship -- Sex before marriage -- Homosexuality -- HIV/AIDS -- 3. Marriage and the family -- The meaning of marriage -- Family relationships -- Marriage breakdown -- 4. Influences on the use of time, money and other personal resources -- Education -- Work -- Leisure and its use -- Wealth -- Drugs -- The media -- Advertising -- 5. The quality and value of life -- The elderly -- Those in need -- Reproduction -- Abortion -- Euthanasia -- Vegetarianism -- 6. Questions of right and wrong -- The purpose of law -- Sin and sins -- Punishments -- The wrongdoer and the wronged -- 7. Equality and difference -- Differences between people -- Attitudes to other religions -- Attitudes to ethnic and national diversity -- Women and men -- Are all people equal? -- 8. Conflict and violence -- Why does conflict exist? -- Why do different nations exist? -- National and ethnic conflict -- 'Just war'? -- Contemporary challenges -- Social and domestic violence -- 9. Global issues -- Responses to world poverty -- Responses to population control -- Planet earth and ecology -- 10. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Addresses --
505 8 $asection B. Buddhism / Peggy Morgan -- 1. Religious identity and authority -- On being a Buddhist -- Authority -- Authority figures in the faith -- Duties of leaders -- Duties of subjects and citizens -- 2. Personal and private? -- Personal qualities -- Friendship -- Sex before marriage -- Homosexuality -- HIV/AIDS -- 3. Marriage and the family -- The meaning of marriage -- Family relationships -- Marriage breakdown -- 4. Influences on the use of time, money and other personal resources -- Education -- Work -- Leisure and its use -- Wealth -- Drugs -- The media -- Advertising -- 5. The quality and value of life -- The elderly -- Those in need -- Reproduction -- Abortion -- Euthanasia -- Vegetarianism -- 6. Questions of right and wrong -- The purpose of law -- Human nature -- Punishments -- The wrongdoer and the wronged -- 7. Equality and difference -- Differences between people -- Attitudes to other religions -- Attitudes to ethnic and national diversity -- Women and men -- Are all people equal? -- 8. Conflict and violence -- Why does conflict exist? -- Why do different nations exist? -- National and ethnic conflict -- 'Just war'? -- Contemporary challenges -- Social and domestic violence -- 9. Global issues -- Responses to world poverty -- Responses to population control -- Planet earth and ecology -- 10. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Addresses --
505 8 $asection C. Sikhism / Eleanor Nesbitt -- 1. Religious identity and authority -- On being a Sikh -- Authority -- Authority figures in the faith -- Duties of leaders -- Duties of subjects and citizens -- 2. Personal and private? -- Personal qualities -- Friendship -- Sex before marriage -- Homosexuality -- HIV/AIDS -- 3. Marriage and the family -- The meaning of marriage -- Family relationships -- Marriage breakdown -- 4. Influences on the use of time, money and other personal resources -- Education -- Work -- Leisure and its use -- Wealth -- Drugs -- The media -- Advertising -- 5. The quality and value of life -- The elderly -- Those in need -- Reproduction -- Abortion -- Euthanasia -- Vegetarianism -- 6. Questions of right and wrong -- The purpose of law -- Sin and sins -- Punishments -- The wrongdoer and the wronged -- 7. Equality and difference -- Differences between people -- Attitudes to other religions -- Attitudes to ethnic and national diversity -- Women and men -- Are all people equal? -- 8. Conflict and violence -- Why does conflict exist? -- Why do different nations exist? -- National and ethnic conflict -- 'Just war'? -- Contemporary challenges -- Social and domestic violence -- 9. Global issues -- Responses to world poverty -- Responses to population control -- Planet earth and ecology -- 10. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Addresses --
505 8 $asection D. Judaism / Clive A. Lawton -- 1. Religious identity and authority -- On being Jewish -- Authority -- Authority figures in the faith -- Duties of leaders -- Duties of subjects and citizens -- 2. Personal and private? -- Personal qualities -- Friendship -- Sex before marriage -- Homosexuality -- HIV/AIDS -- 3. Marriage and the family -- The meaning of marriage -- Family relationships -- Marriage breakdown -- 4. Influences on the use of time, money and other personal resources -- Education -- Work -- Leisure and its use -- Wealth -- Drugs -- The media -- Advertising -- 5. The quality and value of life -- The elderly -- Those in need -- Reproduction -- Abortion -- Euthanasia -- Vegetarianism -- 6. Questions of right and wrong -- The purpose of law -- Sin and sins -- Punishments -- The wrongdoer and the wronged -- 7. Equality and difference -- Differences between people -- Attitudes to other religions -- Attitudes to ethnic and national diversity -- Women and men -- Are all people equal? -- 8. Conflict and violence -- Why does conflict exist? -- Why do different nations exist? -- National and ethnic conflict -- 'Just war'? -- Contemporary challenges -- Social and domestic violence -- 9. Global issues -- Responses to world poverty -- Responses to population control -- Planet earth and ecology -- 10. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Addresses --
505 8 $asection E. Christianity / Alan Brown -- 1. Religious identity and authority -- On being a Christian -- Authority -- Authority figures in the faith -- Duties of leaders -- Duties of subjects and citizens -- 2. Personal and private? -- Personal qualities -- Friendship -- Sex before marriage -- Homosexuality -- HIV/AIDS -- 3. Marriage and the family -- The meaning of marriage -- Family relationships -- Marriage breakdown -- 4. Influences on the use of time, money and other personal resources -- Education -- Work -- Leisure and its use -- Wealth -- Drugs -- The media -- Advertising -- 5. The quality and value of life -- The elderly -- Those in need -- Reproduction -- Abortion -- Euthanasia -- Vegetarianism -- 6. Questions of right and wrong -- The purpose of law -- Sin and sins -- Punishments -- The wrongdoer and the wronged -- 7. Equality and difference -- Differences between people -- Attitudes to other religions -- Attitudes to ethnic and national diversity -- Women and men -- Are all people equal? -- 8. Conflict and violence -- Why does conflict exist? -- Why do different nations exist? -- National and ethnic conflict -- 'Just war'? -- Contemporary challenges -- Social and domestic violence -- 9. Global issues -- Responses to world poverty -- Responses to population control -- Planet earth and ecology -- 10. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Addresses --
505 8 $asection F. Islam / Azim Nanji -- 1. Religious identity and authority -- On being a Muslim -- Authority -- Authority figures in the faith -- Duties of leaders -- Duties of subjects and citizens -- 2. Personal and private? -- Personal qualities -- Friendship -- Sex before marriage -- Homosexuality -- HIV/AIDS -- 3. Marriage and the family -- The meaning of marriage -- Family relationships -- Marriage breakdown -- 4. Influences on the use of time, money and other personal resources -- Education -- Work -- Leisure and its use -- Wealth -- Drugs -- The media -- Advertising -- 5. The quality and value of life -- The elderly -- Those in need -- Reproduction -- Abortion -- Euthanasia -- Vegetarianism -- 6. Questions of right and wrong -- The purpose of law -- Sin and sins -- Punishments -- The wrongdoer and the wronged -- 7. Equality and difference -- Differences between people -- Attitudes to other religions -- Attitudes to ethnic and national diversity -- Women and men -- Are all people equal? -- 8. Conflict and violence -- Why does conflict exist? -- Why do different nations exist? -- National and ethnic conflict -- 'Just war'? -- Contemporary challenges -- Social and domestic violence -- 9. Global issues -- Responses to world poverty -- Responses to population control -- Planet earth and ecology -- 10. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Addresses.
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