This thought-provoking collection of readings helps students develop reasoned views on twelve different contemporary social issues - including multiculturalism, Quebec nationalism, the role of government, animal rights, and more. Additionally, the text includes a short primer on ethical and political theories and helps students plot their ethical and political views on the philosophical map.

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Karen Wendling is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Her areas of teaching and research include social and political philosophy, ethics, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of medicine. She has published extensively in journals like Public Affairs Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and the Journal of Philosophical Research.

"It seems like a great introduction for first and second year students. The author does a marvelous job helping the reader to decipher the meaning of the primary source authors. As a textbook it should be particularly useful to students not familiar with philosophical literature and a great help to professors who struggle to introduce ethics from an applied Canadian perspective" --Gus Lyn-Piluso, Seneca College

"This book strikes me as a unique contribution to the field: no other text has the Canadian focus or covers this particular mix of issues." --Mathieu Doucet, University of Waterloo