This book is a teaching resource to help students understand and critically engage with the most pressing issues in the world today. With this book teachers can equip students with the critical skills and conceptual clarity needed to navigate through these issues and reach a clear and articulate understanding of their own views.

David Birch teaches philosophy and religion at Highgate School, UK. He also works for the Philosophy Foundation, an award-winning charity that brings philosophy to schools and the wider community.

1. Reproduction 2. Euthanasia 3. Animals 4. Environment 5. War 6. Terrorism 7. Poverty 8. Wealth 9. Borders 10. Punishment 11. The State 12. Autonomy and Bodily Integrity