The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics

by Nina Rosenstand

The Moral of the Story , offers a remarkably effective approach that helps students understand and evaluate moral issues. Through storytelling and story analysis, using examples from fiction and film, Rosenstand brings classical moral theories to life and shows student how these theories are applied to the world around them. The sixth edition of this text with readings has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of and examples from recent research, events, and films. It also expands the applied ethics chapter to include the additional topics of media bias, abortion, euthanasia, business ethics, and environmental ethics, in particular the issue of global warming.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks

784 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1994

Reviews

[Emily H]

Very chatty....does a good job tho of explaining the main ideas of the philosophers tho. Just could be done in much much fewer words

[Abby]

I didn't want to read this but had to for class and I'm glad I did. I learned a great deal and began thinking in a totally new way.

[Belle Meade School]

170

[Daniyal Javed]

It's a very good book. It taps a wide variety of things movies, book excerpts, new items etc. The conceptual clarity is amazing. Also introduces to new philosophers. Excellent book.

[Nicky]

For a textbook, it's not a bad read. I remember most the author's recounting the story of Hypatia and the excerpt from Ursula LeGuin's "Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." It does suffer a little from political correctness, as I recall.

I had more respect for the author after reading about the connection between ethics and storytelling in depth in MacIntyre's After Virtue.

[Steph]

If ever you wanted to play devil's advocate for a particularly pressing moral issue, this is the book to help you get started. I enjoyed this book during one of my early philosophy classes, and it laid out both sides of the argument very well. A must for anyone interested in philosophical issues and how they pertain to ethics/morality.

[Jacob Mooney]

Exceptional intro to philosophy! Great primary source incorporation in a comprehensive and dumb-downed-enough way.

[Todd Moen]

my type of book on ethical theories

[Misty Zeeman]

Explanations are great. Gives examples of concepts using current media.

Agree with previous comment. Very Chatty.

[Jim S.]

This is an outstanding textbook. She needs to write an introduction to philosophy along the same lines.

[Britney Ellersick]

I love it that is all I could say that I love this book

[Dean]

Pretty good for a textbook. Ethics is much more interesting than I expected.