This book offers a well-balanced introduction to a broad range of ethical issues. Policy issues are used as a pivotal point for applying ethical theory to current moral problems.
I. FREEDOM. 1. Privacy. Hyman Gross, The Right to Privacy. Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Right to Privacy. 2. Moral Enforcement. Patrick Devlin, Morals and the Criminal Law. H.L.A. Hart, Social Solidarity and the Enforcement of Morality. 3. Paternalism. Gerald Dworkin, Paternalism. Tom L. Beauchamp, A Critique of Paternalism. 4. Rights of the Free Press. Thomas Scanlon, A Theory of Freedom of Expression. Ronald Dworkin, Is the Press Losing the First Amendment? II. JUSTICE. 5. Social Justice. John Rawls, A Contractarian Theory of Justice. Robert Nozick, A Libertarian Theory of Justice. 6. Racial and Sexual Discrimination. William T. Blackstone, Reverse Discrimination and Compensatory Justice. Tom L. Beauchamp, The Justification of Reverse Discrimination in Hiring. 7. World Hunger and the Right to Food. Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence, and Morality. Onora O'Neill, Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems. 8. Punishment and The Death Penalty. Ernest van den Haag, On Deterrence and the Death Penalty. Hugo Adam Bedau, Deterrence and the Death Penalty: A Reconsideration. III. RESPECT FOR LIFE. 9. Abortion. Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion. Baruch Brody, The Morality of Abortion. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Viability and the Use of the Fetus. 10. Euthanasia. James Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia. Tom L. Beauchamp, A Reply to Rachels on Active and Passive Euthanasia. Richard B. Brandt, Defective Newborns and the Morality of Termination. 11. Research with Human Subjects. Alan Donagan, Informed Consent in Therapy and Experimentation. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Proxy Consent. Carl Wellman, Consent to Medical Research on Children. 12. Animal Rights and Animal Research. Peter Singer, All Animals Are Equal. R.G. Frey, The Case Against Animals.
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ISBN
9780132909570
Publisert
1983-02-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson
Vekt
570 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
151 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
06, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416