This is an introduction that is designed to enable students, through practical exercises, to develop their own skills in reasoning about ethical issues such as: analyzing and evaluating arguments used in discussions of ethical issues; analyzing and evaluating ethical concepts, such as utilitarianism; making decisions on ethical issues; and learning how to approach ethical issues in a fair minded way. Ethical issues discussed include the arguments about abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, animal rights, the environment and war. The book should be of interest to those in philosophy,...