Follow the links below to read New York Times news items that are related to the contemporary moral issues covered in chapters 8 through 16 in Doing Ethics. 

Abortion | Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide | Capital Punishment | Pornography | Censorship | Affirmative Action | Equal Educational Opportunities | Environment | Animals | War Crimes | US Armament and Defense | Terrorism

Abortion

Christian Leaders Unite on Political Issues Advocating civil disobedience to resist laws compelling institutions to perform abortion or recognize unions.

Rep. Kennedy and Bishop in Bitter Rift on Abortion Representative Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island and the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence are engaged in a heated battle over provisions of health care legislation.

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

End-of-Life Planning and the House Health Bill To the Editor:.

Japan: U.S. Soldier Says He May Have Run Over Man An American soldier has admitted that he may have run over a Japanese man who was found dead two weeks ago on the southern island of Okinawa.

Capital Punishment

Russia: Moratorium on Executions Russia’s Constitutional Court extended the country’s moratorium on the death penalty on Thursday, though it stopped short of fully abolishing capital punishment.

Iraq Sentences Sunni Leader to Death The sentence of a leader of the Sunni Awakening Council set off charges that the Shiite-dominated government was trying to weaken the Sunni movement.

Pornography

The Day Obscenity Became Art Celebrating 50 years of the “interchange of ideas” in D. H. Lawrence’s 1928 novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”

Lights, Camera, Lots of Action. Forget the Script. With pornographic movies being sold online in chunks, moviemakers are now even less interested in story lines.

Censorship

In Draft Resolution, United Nations Rebukes Iran for Rights Violations Since Election A measure, which is almost certain to pass in the General Assembly, denounces a rise in violence, torture and limits to free speech.

During Visit, Obama Skirts Chinese Political Sensitivities President Obama has avoided public meetings with liberals, free press advocates and even ordinary Chinese.

Affirmative Action

Meet the New Elite, Not Like the Old From affirmative action grew a generation of leaders who walk in two worlds.

Race in 2028 Affirmative action has always been understandable, but never ideal. As the first “post-white” generation rises, race-based discrimination needs to go.

Equal Educational Opportunities

Nordic Countries Top 'Gender Equality' List Iceland rose from fourth place a year ago to top the list compiled by the World Economic Forum. It was followed by Finland, Norway and Sweden.

At 'Davos for Women,' Some View the Downturn as an Opportunity to Rise While women are often hit hardest by recession, the argument went, they bring much to the table in terms of rethinking economic leadership, investment behavior and entrepreneurship.

Environment

Thomas J. Graff, an Expert on West Coast Water Use, Is Dead at 65 Mr. Graff, a leading environmentalist, championed the idea of offering financial incentives for environmentally friendly behavior.

Voracious Invader May Be Nearing Lake Michigan Evidence of Asian carp, a fish that some fear could destroy the ecosystem of Lake Michigan, has been found beyond a barrier intended to keep the fish out.

Animals

Animal, Vegetable, Miserable The free-range turkey debate ignores whether it’s wrong to kill animals for human consumption at all.

Becoming the Alpha Dog in Your Own Home Parents are borrowing from Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, who is known for inspiring discipline, order and devotion.

War Crimes

Germany Arrests Hutu Militia Leaders The leader of a Rwandan rebel group accused of being responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide and one of his deputies were arrested on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Congo’s Army Accused of Striking Villages as Refugees Waited for Measles Shots The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has accused the Congolese Army of attacking the villages of Rwandan refugees as they waited for measles shots offered by the charity.

US Armament and Defense

A Soldier’s Story A writer revisits the 1918 battle that left its mark on his grandfather.

Suspect in Ft. Hood Shootings to Remain in Hospital The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at the Fort Hood army base earlier this month will not be moved immediately to a military prison for pretrial detention.

Terrorism

Italy Arrests 2 Over Attacks in Mumbai The authorities arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of providing logistical support and money for a terrorist strike in India.

Fatal Blast Rocks Northeast India Three bombs exploded in India’s restive northeast Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 25, police said.

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