How to Live: Being Happy and Dealing with Moral Dilemmas 
Posted By Mirko Bagaric on April 20th, 2006
This book provides clear answers to difficult moral and social issues that we face in our personal lives and which governments need to address when balancing the interests of the community. It demystifies moral discourse and is written in a manner that is comprehensible to all readers. It provides a clear moral pathway to all readers. The book evaluates existing moral discourse and then suggests a new way forward for shaping society in order to maximize individual and community flourishing.
The moral framework set out in the book is unique in that it is developed from an interdisciplinary perspective, including moral theory, psychology and law. In particular, moral theory and the implications that recent advances in well-being studies have on this area of thought are considered in detail. The framework of the book is set out in chapters one and two. The rest of the book applies this framework to the most important and defining issues of our time. The topics that are considered include:
· Loyalty, friendship and love
· Lying
· Eugenics
· Stem cell research
· Abortion
· Euthanasia
· Punishment and sentencing
· Terrorism
· Torture
· World poverty
· Migrants
· Environmental ethics and future generations
· Animal welfare
· Business ethics
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Price: $US 29.95.
To order go to: http://www.univpress.com/ Quote ISBN 0-7618-3532-6