Contents: Preface. 1. Issues Relating to the Criteria of Moral Status. 2. Affirmative Action and Justice to Equality. 3. The Issue of Moral Dilemma in Virtue Ethics. 4. Value Education. 5. Non-Violence as a Social Value. 6. Buddhist Doctrine of Panchoeila. 7. Individual Property Rights, Economic Inequalities and Moral Obligation. 8. Ethical Consideration in Business. 9. Moral Values and Professional Values. 10. The Right to Suicide. 11. Universalism and Relativism in Jain Ethics. 12. Sterba on Reconciling Anthropocentric with Non-anthropocentric Ethics. Index.

This work is a critical analysis of the concepts of moral status, justice, equality, non-violence and rights, but is not confined with them only. It also deals with ethical issues in the realm of applied ethics (i. e., business ethics, ethics in education and environmental ethics), which is a component of the more general branch of philosophy known as ethics. Different ethical theories have been discussed and examined in a logical manner. In dealing with the ethical issues the author has taken a stand and has argued his points cogently and consistently . Attempts have been made to find a middle ground between the different philosophies. Its simple analytical style makes it useful not only for students, researchers and teachers of philosophy but also for general readers who have keen interest in theoretical and applied ethics. (jacket)