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About Moral Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Chapter 1 What’s Wrong With a Bit of Social and
Political Correctness? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
(Should obscenity be acceptable?)


Chapter 2
Guns Don’t Kill, People Do; With Guns and
Other Weapons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
(A discussion on gun control)


Chapter 3
If It’s Life, Does It Matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
(The abortion issue)


Chapter 4
Woman, Art Thou Being Liberated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
(A refreshing look at an old theme)


Chapter 5
The Beginnings of an American (Sexual)
Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
(A look at Victorian America)


Chapter 6
It’s Only Entertainment; Sex, That Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
(A look at today’s America)

Chapter 7 Could Stats Speak Louder Than a Picture?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
(The outcome of today’s Sexual Revolution)


Chapter 8 Fear, Ignorance, or Prejudice Never Settles a
Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
(A healthy discussion on gay and heterosexual marriage)


Chapter 9 Fear, Ignorance, or Prejudice: Unanswered
Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
(The discussion continues)


Chapter 10 God and Caesar: Is Peaceful Coexistence
Possible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
(An exchange on religion and politics)


Chapter 11 Criteria for a Just War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
(This is self-explanatory)


Chapter 12 Just Wars or just wars?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
(The war on terror, Afghanistan, and Iraq)


Chapter 13 How Politicians Behave Counts, Too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
(Formulating a criteria of moral political behavior)


Chapter 14 The Terrible Burden of Power:
Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
(Iraq and the Middle East; Darfur; Global Warming;
Oil Dependency; Nuclear Proliferation; AIDS)


Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
(Just a P.S.)


About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
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