Telling Right from Wrong : What Is Moral, What Is Immoral and What Is Neither One nor the Other

An innovative analysis and discussion of moral language and the assumptions underlying its use. In distinguishing truly moral statements from those of mere opinion Mr. Cooney contends that much of our prescriptive language pertaining to such controversial issues as gambling, abortion, capitol punishment, homosexuality, prostitution, divorce, freedom of speech and expression, pornography, and others is devoid of moral content.