VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE has been a popular choice in college ethics for more than two decades. Instructors appreciate it for its philosophical breadth and seriousness. Students welcome the engaging topics and carefully chosen readings. VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE provides students with a lively selection of classical and contemporary readings on pressing matters of personal and social morality. The text includes an introduction to ethical theory, as well as a unique collection of stimulating articles on matters of social responsibility, personal integrity and individual virtue. The chapter structure begins by helping students to understand the importance of character and compassion then turns toward developing their comprehension of influential ethical theories. Finally, students examine the role of ethics in social policy issues, and end by focusing on the meaning of life. While the readings consistently represent different points of view, the book also challenges readers to go beyond theoretical applications and contingent circumstances, to cultivate virtuous decision-making in their own lives.
