ethical aspects

Discusses what is going on in human genetic research and the misinterpretations of those discoveries.

A discussion of energy conservation, reviewing the history of cultivation, and looking at how people can develop a more sustainable lifestyle through their eating habits by going organic, eating locally, using fair trade food, and green cooking.

Contains eighteen articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to advertising, addressing questions of whether advertising is harmful, whether it exploits children, if political advertising be reformed, and what the future looks like for the industry.

Discusses Minik Wallace, a young Eskimo boy brought to New York in 1897 along with his father, whose skeleton was put on display in the Museum of Natural History; Minik's years as a "specimen"; his displacement both in America and in Greenland upon his return there; Arctic exploration; and early anthropology.

Contains ten essays in which the authors present a wide range of viewpoints about the issue of euthanasia; and includes a bibliography and an annotated list of relevant organizations.

Offers a comprehensive history of the death penalty in the United States, discussing the changes which have occured over the last four centuries in the way capital punishment has been administered and experienced.

Traces the history of animal research and protection and discusses whether any amount of animal distress is justified to save or enhance human life.

A collection of articles dealing with the issue of human cloning written by the most respected scientists, philosophers, theologians, and law professors of the twentieth century.

A collection of essays offering a variety of viewpoints on the topics of mercy killing, assisted suicide and the right to die.

Describes some of the conditions to which animals are treated and mistreated in the modern world, and issues an appeal for humans to look at animals as creatures worthy of dignity and respect.