Unit 1 Animals and Their Rights 1
Section One Pre-reading 2
Section Two In-reading 3
Reading One:Animal Liberation 3
Reading Two:A Scientist:"I Am the Enemy" 8
Reading Three:Animal Right vs. Animal Research:a Modest Proposal 13
Reading Four:Cruel Slaughter of Food Hits a Nerve 18
Section Three Post-reading 23
Unit 2 Crime and Punishment 26
Section One Pre-reading 27
Section Two In-reading 28
Reading One:Kids Who Kill Are Still Kids 28
Reading Two:Execution Has Benefits—Doesn't It? 34
Reading Three:Killed Twice? 38
Reading Four:An Evening with Tony 44
Section Three Post-reading 50
Unit 3 Gun Ownership and Censorship 54
Section One Pre-reading 55
Section Two In-reading 56
Reading One:Gun Control:One Side of a Loaded lssue 56
Reading Two:A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun 61
Reading Three:Hurts Rent-A-Gun 68
Reading Four:Killing Our Future 74
Section Three Post-reading 79
Unit 4 Life or Death(Euthanasia) 82
Section One Pre-reading 83
Section Two In-reading 84
Reading One:A Crime of Compassion 84
Reading Two:In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia 89
Reading Three:I Wanted to Die;But Now Carers Make My Life Bearable 95
Reading Four:When Relief Is Not Enough 100
Section Three Post-reading 104
Unit 5 Motivation or Unhealthy Experience(Competition) 107
Section One Pre-reading 108
Section Two In-reading 109
Reading One:Why Competition? 109
Reading Two:Competition:Motivating or Crushing? 113
Reading Three:Competition Is Healthy,but It Can Get Out of Hand 117
Reading Four:Giving Children a Healthy Dose of Competition 121
Section Three Post-reading 126
Unit 6 Me and Another Me(Human Cloning) 129
Section One Pre-reading 130
Section Two In-reading 131
Reading One:Here,Kitty,Kitty 131
Reading Two:Human Cloning?Don't Just Say No 136
Reading Three:Of Headless Mice...and Men 141
Reading Four:What Lies Beneath? 146
Section Three Post-reading 150
Unit 7 Savior or Destroyer(Nuclear Technology) 153
Section One Pre-reading 154
Section Two In-reading 155
Reading One:Nuclear Energy:Down but Certainly Not Out!The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy 155
Reading Two:Let Us Choose Life;Let Us End the Nuclear Weapons Threat Now 161
Reading Three:Nuclear Power Plants 165
Reading Four:All Over in a Flash 169
Section Three Post-reading 175
Unit 8 Food or Poison(GM Products) 178
Section One Pre-reading 179
Section Two In-reading 180
Reading One:What Is Gene Technology? 180
Reading Two:Science vs. Hysteria 185
Reading Three:Don't Waste the Genetic Potential 190
Reading Four:The Gene Business 194
Section Three Post-reading 198
Glossary 201