A companion to applied ethics /
Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume - including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nat...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2003.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to philosophy ;
26. |
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Table of Contents:
- The nature of applied ethics / Tom L. Beauchamp
- Theories of ethics / Stephen L. Darwall
- Property rights and welfare redistribution / Jeremy Waldron
- Civil disobedience and the duty to obey the law / A. John Simmons
- Capitalism and Marxism / Richard W. Miller
- State punishment and the death penalty / David Dolinko
- Racism / Michelle Moody-Adams
- Sexism / Ann E. Cudd and Leslie Jones
- Affirmative action / Bernard Boxill and Jan Boxill
- The legal enforcement of morality / Larry Alexander
- Hate crimes, literature, and speech / L.W. Sumner
- Pornography and censorship / Lori Gruen
- Dirty hands / Gerald F. Gaus
- Sexual ethics / Alan Goldman
- Gun control / Lance Stell
- Citizenship / Wayne Norman and Will Kymlicka
- Immigration / Michael Blake
- World hunger / Hugh Lafollette
- War and terrorism / C.A.J. Coady
- Nationalism and secession / Christopher Heath Wellman
- Intergenerational justice / Clark Wolf
- Bioethics / Margaret P. Battin
- Abortion / Marg.