Dan Maguire Revises Popular Textbook on Ethics
Editorial Reviews for Ethics: A Complete Method For
Moral Choice
When Daniel Maguire's volume The Moral Choice was published in 1978, it was
widely hailed for its comprehensive, ambitious, ecumenical, and creative approach
to Christian ethics. Maguire has now completely recast that award-winning volume
in light of the remarkable intellectual and social changes since that time.
With eighty percent new material, the new volume retains Maguire's basic framework
- the moral wheel - but completely rewrites the book in a less formal style
and adds seven more chapters to make it up-to-date in every respect.
Maguire's Ethics renovates ethics for today's context but retains the searching
openness and stress on the moral imagination that made The Moral Choice such
a landmark work and popular textbook.
About the Author
Daniel C. Maguire is Professor of Ethics at Marquette University, a past president
of the Society of Christian Ethics, and president of the Religious Consultation
on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics. A frequent lecturer and media
commentator, Maguire is author of many influential works in ethics, such as
Death by Choice (1974), The Moral Revolution (1986), and from Fortress Press,
Sacred Energies (2000), Sacred Choices (2001), and A Moral Creed for All Christians
(2006).
ETHICS
A Complete Method for Moral Choice
"Clear explanations, aimed at laity in everyday language, concerning the
moral task, the moral life, why it is important, and how it is necessary today-Maguire's
Ethics is indeed a complete method for moral choice, perfectly fitted for university
text or adult discussion groups. Incorporate treatment of a multitude of the
most contemporary moral dilemmas with the wisdom of the finest moral thinkers
of the ages."
--Christine E. Gudorf
Professor of Ethics and Chair of Religious Studies
Florida International University
Moral problems are ubiquitous in human life. In this new introductory text for
ethics courses, Daniel C. Maguire constructs a complete method to show students
how to address the broad range of ethical issues. The method's basic framework
is presented graphically as "the moral wheel", which identifies the
central, core questions and the pluriform ways to evaluate responding to them.
This survey text includes many features, such as critical thinking boxes, discussion
questions, and a glossary, to help students engage more fully with today's moral
challenges.
Click to download Table of Contents, Introduction, and Chapter One
ISBN: 978-0-8006-6443-5
Price: $35.00
Specs: 5" x 8", Paperback, 320 pages