Site Features

This site offers the following five features:

Learning objectives

Review these both before and after reading each of the first seven chapters to make sure that you have mastered the most fundamental concepts.

Key terms flashcards

Test your knowledge of the vocabulary of moral reasoning and moral theory introduced in chapters 1 through 7 so that you can use these terms during in-class discussion.

Self-assessment quizzes

Test your knowledge of the material covered in chapters 1 through 7 with these multiple-choice and true-false quizzes.

Field problems

Think of these as mental warm-up exercises prior to the more difficult workout you will get when you debate moral issues in class. These activities refer you to outside resources that you may want to bookmark and use later in your course.

Ethics News by Topic

Keyed to the topics covered in chapters 8 through 16 of the text, these up-to-the-minute news items from the New York Times may provide you with writing and research ideas, or with a specific case to discuss in class.  You can access these stories either by clicking the button labeled "8-16" above, or via the "Ethics in the News" sidebar to the right.

Instructors now have an easy way to collect students' online quizzes with the Norton GradeBook without flooding their inboxes with e-mails.

Students can track their online quiz scores by setting up their own Student GradeBook.