This is the second book in the newly branded Nelson's Plain Language series. This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics, suitable for individual study or textbook use in a Bible college or seminary. The first four chapters overview the field of Christian ethics before beginning to focus on specific issues. Eighteen chapters confront all of the issues faced by believers today, including a discussion of racial issues that goes beyond black and white, business ethics on this side of Enron, and war and international relations in light of today's headlines. Table of Contents: Ethics and Society; Ethics and Philosophy; Secular Ethical Systems; Christian Ethics; Christian Ethical Foundations; Abortion; Euthanasia; Genetic Engineering; Artificial Reproduction; Sexual Ethics; Pornography; Homosexuality; Cohabitation; Adultery; Divorce; Crime and Captial Punishment; Drugsp; Gambling; Race and Racial Issues; Technology and the Environment; The Media and Entertainment; Government and Civil Disobedience; Endnotes
