Morality's muddy waters ethical quandaries in modern America / [electronic resource] :
George Cotkin.
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
- 262 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Problems of evil -- A sky that never cared less -- The moral mystery of My Lai -- The hate state : empathy and moral luck -- Just rewards? : capital punishment -- Muddiness and moral clarity : the iraqi situation -- Conclusion: Tortur and the tortured.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780812204834 (electronic bk.)
Ethics--History--United States--20th century--Case studies. Ethics--History--United States--21st century--Case studies. Ethical problems--Case studies. Bombing, Aerial--Moral and ethical aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects--United States. My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968--Moral and ethical aspects. Racism--Moral and ethical aspects--United States. Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects.