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Book SynopsisOur families are our first and most important ethical training grounds. But what is the family? And what are our ethical commitments to our family members and to the broader moral community?
Trade Review“The Ethics of the Family is not just about ethics. And it is not just about family. It presents a cross-disciplinary and up-to-date scholarly approach to numerous social and philosophical controversies that involve different traditions, contrasting frameworks of justice, and current medical and technological developments. This could easily be used for several philosophy courses, including Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy and Human Nature. In addition, it would fit well into any ethics course in a Family Studies Department. Students will be surprised to find elements of their own lives in many of these chapters.”—Dr. Alex Hooke, Stevenson University"In 'Ethics of the Family', Scales, Poitthast, and Oravecz offer theology professors a volume of philosophical essays that has real potential to extend family ethics in important new ways.', Julie H. Rubio in INTAMS review 18, 2012, pp 113-114, p.133.“This comprehensive foray into the ethical issues inherent in family life marks an exciting frontier for ethical inquiry. The papers take us from artificial reproductive technologies to Confucian filial piety, from the ethics of same-sex marriage to claims of intergenerational justice between children and parents. This is fertile ground for students of ethics to explore and this volume is an excellent guidebook for the journey.”—Dr. Wolfgang W. Fuchs, Towson University
