Ethics and Public Policy A Philosophical Inquiry

Name: Ethics and Public Policy A Philosophical Inquiry
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ISBN: 9780415668538

ISBN-10: 0415668530

ISBN-13: 9780415668538

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jonathan Wolff

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Alcohol causes over 20,000 premature deaths in the UK each year. It also causes a significant number of road traffic accidents, incidents of violence and heart damage. Ecstasy causes 10 deaths a year. Ecstasy is illegal, carrying a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment and a fine.If public policy is concerned with reducing harm how coherent is this legislation? Why is there such moral disagreement when it comes to policy making? What can philosophy do to help?Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry is the first book to subject important and controversial areas of public policy to philosophical scrutiny. Jonathan Wolff, a renowned philosopher and consultant to the Home Office…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 5/24/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 230
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Jonathan Wolff is a professor of philosophy and the director of the Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health at university College London. He wrote a regular column for The Guardian in London, where he resides.