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Title Contemporary debates in applied ethics / edited by Andrew I. Cohen, Christopher Heath Wellman.
Publication Info Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Edition Second edition.


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Descript xii, 458 pages.
Edition Second edition.
Note Previous edition: Malden: Blackwell, 2005.
Contents [ new to second edition] Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman 1 ETHICAL THEORY 11 1 Theories of Ethics Stephen L. Darwall 13 ISSUES IN LIFE AND DEATH 33 Abortion 35 2 The Wrong of Abortion Patrick Lee and Robert P. George 37 3 The Moral Permissibility of Abortion Margaret Olivia Little 51 Euthanasia 63 4 In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Michael Tooley 65 5 A Case Against Euthanasia Daniel Callahan 82 Animals 93 6 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection Tom Regan 95 7 Animals and Their Medical Use R.G. Frey 109 ISSUES IN JUSTICE 121 Affi rmative action 123 8 A Defense of Affi rmative Action Albert Mosley 125 9 Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic Celia Wolf-Devine 141 Capital punishment 157 10 A Defense of the Death Penalty Louis P. Pojman 159 11 Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest Stephen Nathanson 175 Reparations 189 12 Compensation and Past Injustice Bernard Boxill 191 13 Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs? Nahshon Perez 203 Profi ling 217 14 Bayesian Inference and Contractualist Justifi cation on Interstate 95 Arthur Isak Applbaum 219 15 Racial Profi ling and the Meaning of Racial Categories Deborah Hellman 232 Torture 245 16 Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture Fritz Allhoff 247 17 Torture and its Apologists Bob Brecher 260 ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND THE GOOD 273 Same-sex marriage 275 18 Same-Sex Marriage and the Defi nitional Objection John Corvino 277 19 Making Sense of Marriage Sherif Girgis 290 Pornography 305 20 The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality Andrew Altman 307 21 "The Price We Pay"? Pornography and Harm Susan J. Brison 319 Drugs 333 22 In Favor of Drug Decriminalization Douglas Husak 335 23 Against the Legalization of Drugs Peter de Marneffe 346 ISSUES OF COSMOPOLITANISM AND COMMUNITY 359 Immigration 361 24 Immigration: The Case for Limits David Miller 363 25 The Case for Open Immigration Chandran Kukathas 376 Humanitarian intervention 389 26 The Moral Structure of Humanitarian Intervention Fernando R. TesOn 391 27 The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention Bas van der Vossen 404 World hunger 417 28 Famine Relief: The Duties We Have to Others Christopher Heath Wellman 419 29 Famine Relief and Human Virtue Andrew I. Cohen 431 Index 447
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781118479834 (e-book)
9781118479391 (pbk.)
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Series Contemporary debates in philosophy ; 15
Contemporary debates in philosophy ; 15.
Subject Applied ethics.
Alt author Cohen, Andrew I.
Wellman, Christopher Heath.
Descript xii, 458 pages.
Edition Second edition.
Note Previous edition: Malden: Blackwell, 2005.
Contents [ new to second edition] Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman 1 ETHICAL THEORY 11 1 Theories of Ethics Stephen L. Darwall 13 ISSUES IN LIFE AND DEATH 33 Abortion 35 2 The Wrong of Abortion Patrick Lee and Robert P. George 37 3 The Moral Permissibility of Abortion Margaret Olivia Little 51 Euthanasia 63 4 In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Michael Tooley 65 5 A Case Against Euthanasia Daniel Callahan 82 Animals 93 6 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection Tom Regan 95 7 Animals and Their Medical Use R.G. Frey 109 ISSUES IN JUSTICE 121 Affi rmative action 123 8 A Defense of Affi rmative Action Albert Mosley 125 9 Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic Celia Wolf-Devine 141 Capital punishment 157 10 A Defense of the Death Penalty Louis P. Pojman 159 11 Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest Stephen Nathanson 175 Reparations 189 12 Compensation and Past Injustice Bernard Boxill 191 13 Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs? Nahshon Perez 203 Profi ling 217 14 Bayesian Inference and Contractualist Justifi cation on Interstate 95 Arthur Isak Applbaum 219 15 Racial Profi ling and the Meaning of Racial Categories Deborah Hellman 232 Torture 245 16 Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture Fritz Allhoff 247 17 Torture and its Apologists Bob Brecher 260 ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND THE GOOD 273 Same-sex marriage 275 18 Same-Sex Marriage and the Defi nitional Objection John Corvino 277 19 Making Sense of Marriage Sherif Girgis 290 Pornography 305 20 The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality Andrew Altman 307 21 "The Price We Pay"? Pornography and Harm Susan J. Brison 319 Drugs 333 22 In Favor of Drug Decriminalization Douglas Husak 335 23 Against the Legalization of Drugs Peter de Marneffe 346 ISSUES OF COSMOPOLITANISM AND COMMUNITY 359 Immigration 361 24 Immigration: The Case for Limits David Miller 363 25 The Case for Open Immigration Chandran Kukathas 376 Humanitarian intervention 389 26 The Moral Structure of Humanitarian Intervention Fernando R. TesOn 391 27 The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention Bas van der Vossen 404 World hunger 417 28 Famine Relief: The Duties We Have to Others Christopher Heath Wellman 419 29 Famine Relief and Human Virtue Andrew I. Cohen 431 Index 447
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781118479834 (e-book)
9781118479391 (pbk.)
Series Contemporary debates in philosophy ; 15
Contemporary debates in philosophy ; 15.
Subject Applied ethics.
Alt author Cohen, Andrew I.
Wellman, Christopher Heath.

Subject Applied ethics.
Descript xii, 458 pages.
Note Previous edition: Malden: Blackwell, 2005.
Contents [ new to second edition] Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman 1 ETHICAL THEORY 11 1 Theories of Ethics Stephen L. Darwall 13 ISSUES IN LIFE AND DEATH 33 Abortion 35 2 The Wrong of Abortion Patrick Lee and Robert P. George 37 3 The Moral Permissibility of Abortion Margaret Olivia Little 51 Euthanasia 63 4 In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Michael Tooley 65 5 A Case Against Euthanasia Daniel Callahan 82 Animals 93 6 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection Tom Regan 95 7 Animals and Their Medical Use R.G. Frey 109 ISSUES IN JUSTICE 121 Affi rmative action 123 8 A Defense of Affi rmative Action Albert Mosley 125 9 Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic Celia Wolf-Devine 141 Capital punishment 157 10 A Defense of the Death Penalty Louis P. Pojman 159 11 Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest Stephen Nathanson 175 Reparations 189 12 Compensation and Past Injustice Bernard Boxill 191 13 Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs? Nahshon Perez 203 Profi ling 217 14 Bayesian Inference and Contractualist Justifi cation on Interstate 95 Arthur Isak Applbaum 219 15 Racial Profi ling and the Meaning of Racial Categories Deborah Hellman 232 Torture 245 16 Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture Fritz Allhoff 247 17 Torture and its Apologists Bob Brecher 260 ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND THE GOOD 273 Same-sex marriage 275 18 Same-Sex Marriage and the Defi nitional Objection John Corvino 277 19 Making Sense of Marriage Sherif Girgis 290 Pornography 305 20 The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality Andrew Altman 307 21 "The Price We Pay"? Pornography and Harm Susan J. Brison 319 Drugs 333 22 In Favor of Drug Decriminalization Douglas Husak 335 23 Against the Legalization of Drugs Peter de Marneffe 346 ISSUES OF COSMOPOLITANISM AND COMMUNITY 359 Immigration 361 24 Immigration: The Case for Limits David Miller 363 25 The Case for Open Immigration Chandran Kukathas 376 Humanitarian intervention 389 26 The Moral Structure of Humanitarian Intervention Fernando R. TesOn 391 27 The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention Bas van der Vossen 404 World hunger 417 28 Famine Relief: The Duties We Have to Others Christopher Heath Wellman 419 29 Famine Relief and Human Virtue Andrew I. Cohen 431 Index 447
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Alt author Cohen, Andrew I.
Wellman, Christopher Heath.
ISBN 9781118479834 (e-book)
9781118479391 (pbk.)
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