moral and ethical aspects

A critical interpretation of the way the United States has waged war on and responded to terrorism.

Presents the first report of the President's Council on Bioethics, established by President George W. Bush to advise him on bioethical issues related to advances in biomedical science and technology, focusing on the scientific and ethical ramifications of human cloning.

Traces the history of organ transplantation in the United States, and discusses how they are performed, how doctors decide who receives a new organ, and how society has dealt with the issues raised by it.

Explores the impact of big-time intercollegiate athletics on undergraduate education, explaining how many schools, because of their emphasis on research and graduate programs, no longer give the majority of their undergraduates a meaningful education.

An investigation of college sports, concentrating on the football and basketball programs of the top one hundred or so schools in Division I, focusing on the impact of commercialization on both the sports and the educational standards of the institutions.

Presents differing opinions on the benefits of sports, the treatment of college athletes, racial discrimination and sexual equality in sports, and other related topics.

A study of how and why the Holocaust occurred, presenting the author's conclusions about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, German antisemitism, and the nature of German society during the Nazi period, arguing that the German people were willing participants in the brutalization and murder of Jews.

Explains what stem cells are; describes the medical functions scientists think stem cells could perform and the technologies involved; and discusses the ethical debate over the issue, presenting the various arguments for and against.

Describes attempts by the Jews and others to oppose the Nazis' plans for genocide.