A POCKET GUIDE TO ETHICAL ISSUES
By Andrew Goddard
Lion Hudson. 220 pages. £6.99
ISBN 0 7459 5158 9
This is a very comprehensive little introduction to a wide spectrum of ethical issues — not just the standard fare of euthanasia, abortion and sexual morality, but poverty, asylum seekers, capital punishment, smacking children, research on animals, environmental pollution, immigration, war, cloning, IVF and many other topics are also included.
Each chapter begins with a recent news story or anecdote illustrating the relevance of the problem. The issues themselves are then concisely explained, followed by an analysis of the pros and cons of the ethical dilemma from many viewpoints including a biblical one.
