Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics
Contemporary Debates in Philosophy
2. Auflage November 2013
472 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
This revised and updated second edition tackles some of the most hotly contested contemporary ethical issues, including torture and same-sex marriage. The collection pairs essays by leading philosophers known for their opposing views, who debate troubling human dilemmas ranging from abortion and euthanasia to drugs and global warming. In the process, the book provides sharply focused commentary on the ethical fault lines dividing our changing societies.
Now in an updated edition with fresh perspectives on high-profile ethical issues such as torture and same-sex marriage, this collection pairs cogently argued essays by leading philosophers with opposing views on fault-line public concerns.
* Revised and updated new edition with six new pairs of essays on prominent contemporary issues including torture and same-sex marriage, and a survey of theories of ethics by Stephen Darwall
* Leading philosophers tackle colleagues with opposing views in contrasting essays on core issues in applied ethics
* An ideal semester-length course text certain to generate vigorous discussion
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. Tesón 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
--Hugh LaFollette, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Praise for the First Edition
"It's hard to think of a better general introduction to contemporary debates in applied ethics and public policy. The editors have enlisted well-known philosophers to pair off on particular controversies, and they do so ably and instructively. This volume will work well as a textbook for university courses."
--Christopher Morris, University of Maryland
"Great writers joining debate on great topics. Cohen and Wellman have assembled an admirably compact volume, given its breadth. It will be of considerable service to teachers of moral problems courses and to anyone with an interest in the cutting edge of applied ethics."
--David Schmidtz, University of Arizona
Christopher Heath Wellman is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. A specialist in the ethical aspects of political and legal philosophy, his books include the forthcoming Liberal Rights and Responsibilities: Debating the Ethics of Immigration (due for publication in 2013), and A Liberal Theory of International Justice (2009, with Andrew Altman), in addition to co-editing the first edition of this work.
