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In this lively, witty and important book, Julian Lee takes the ethical temperature of Australia. Along the way he takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the main stakeholders in the drive for better living in this country, from organic farmers and fast-food franchises to ethical investors and fair-trade gurus.

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This cogent analysis of the human costs of society's accelerated pace proposes daring solutions - and picks up where Alvin Toffler's Future Shock left off.

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Argues that rhetoric about the moral corruption of children speaks to an ongoing parental concern: that children will fail to replicate or exceed their parents' social position. This book argues that the rhetoric of morality is more than symbolic and goes beyond efforts to control mass behavior.

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This handbook discusses 33 nations in terms of abortion's legal status, development of the policy, availability of contraception and abortion services, abortion rates, fertility trends, and the demographic/socioeconomic profiles of affected women.

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A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas, this book reveals how we have become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry.

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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion This title examines abortion as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan.

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This condition has been recognized by ordinary citizens in the soaring crime rates, illegitimate births, neglect of the public good and increase in special and individual interests, preference for fame, fortune and power, gross immoral acts by public figures, and fascination of the media and the audience with spectacles of evil.

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This condition has been recognized by ordinary citizens in the soaring crime rates, illegitimate births, neglect of the public good and increase in special and individual interests, preference for fame, fortune and power, gross immoral acts by public figures, and fascination of the media and the audience with spectacles of evil.

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Nanotechnology manipulates matter at the atomic level. It leads to innovative processes and products that are revolutionizing many areas of modern life. This book explores how nanotechnology impacts the lives of ordinary people and why ethical reflection on nanotechnology is needed.

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Nanotechnology manipulates matter at the atomic level. It leads to innovative processes and products that are revolutionizing many areas of modern life. This book explores how nanotechnology impacts the lives of ordinary people and why ethical reflection on nanotechnology is needed.

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An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.

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Perspectives on the Politics of Abortion examines the abortion issue from ethical, empirical, and legal angles and offers some rather unconventional analyses and surprising conclusions with regard to this familiar issue.

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Asserts that government is constitutionally constrained to formulate abortion policy that is at once pro-choice and anti-abortion. The liberal teachings of John Locke that were so influential to the framers of the Constitution are covered and applied to the major issues of the abortion controversy.

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This work aims to provide a comprehensive listing of all periodical and monographic publications on pro-choice and pro-life issues published between 1990 and 1994. It includes all materials fitting parameters of research in ethical, legal, moral, religious and social arenas.

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A comprehensive listing of all periodical and monographic publications on pro-choice and pro-life issues between 1972 and 1989. The items listed are widely accessible in public, academic and school libraries, offering the tools to reach an informed opinion on the subject.

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Vallance gives a current picture of the American drug problem and the ideological base that maintains it. Reporting the most recent economic cost data on the drug problem, the book states criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of current U.S. drug policy and then discusses its successes and failures.

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This title describes how the rhetoric of the assisted-suicide movement can confuse potential suicide victims and their helpers, and how surrogate medical decisions are a growing threat in the lives of incompetent patients.