The latest edition of a classic text, updated with case studies of contemporary issues, offers a proven method of class engagement and basic understanding of ethics.
Designed specifically for use in undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, this new edition has eleven revised and five new cases, including cases on gun violence, immigrant detention, hookup culture and sexual violence, and families with transgender children.
Laura A. Stivers is professor of ethics at Dominican University of California. She holds a doctorate in Christian ethics and social theory from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She is co-author (with James Martin-Schramm and Daniel Spencer) of Earth Ethics: A Case Method Approach.
James B. Martin-Schramm is professor of religion and director of the Center for Sustainable Communities at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He is an ordained member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and holds a doctorate in Christian ethics from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He is author of Climate Justice: Ethics, Energy, and Public Policy.