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Preface | |
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Ehtical Theory | |
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An Introduction to Ethics | |
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The Nature of Morality | |
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Normative Theories of Ethics | |
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Ethical Relativism | |
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The Challenge of Cultural Relativism | |
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Four Rival Ethical Perspectives | |
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Happiness, Function, and Virtue | |
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Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative | |
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Utilitarianism | |
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What Makes Right Acts Right? | |
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Issues in Applied Ethics | |
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Suicide and Euthanasia | |
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The Morality and Rationality of Suicide | |
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Voluntary Active Euthanasia | |
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When Self-Determination Runs Amok | |
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Is There a Duty to Die? | |
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Abortion | |
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An Almost Absolute Value in History | |
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The Moral Status of Abortion | |
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An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong | |
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A Defense of Abortion | |
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Virtue Theory and Abortion | |
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Animals, Vegetarianism, and Environmental Ethics | |
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The Place of Nonhumans in Environmental Issues | |
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Do Animals Have Rights? | |
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Why You Are Committed to the Immorality of Eating Meat | |
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Why I Am Only a Demi-Vegetarian | |
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Reply to Hare | |
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Respect for Life | |
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Reply to Rolston | |
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Liberty and Paternalism | |
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On Liberty | |
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Paternalism | |
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A Drug-Free America--or a Free America? | |
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency: Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization | |
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Marriage and Sexual Morality | |
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Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? | |
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Homosexuality, Gay Marriage, and the Common Good | |
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Gay Marriage: The Case for Equal Treatment | |
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Adultery and Fidelity | |
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Alcohol and Rape | |
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Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom | |
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Voting and Democracy | |
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Considerations on Representative Government | |
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Is There a Duty to Vote? | |
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Editors, Harvard Law Review: The Case for Compulsory Voting | |
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Crime, Guns, and Rights | |
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The False Promise of Gun Control | |
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Handguns and Violent Crime | |
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Is There a Right to Own a Gun? | |
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Punishment and the Death Penalty | |
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Punishment and the Criminal Justice System | |
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The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense | |
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Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty | |
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U.S. Supreme Court: Atkins v. Virginia | |
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The Ethics of War and the Response to Terrorism | |
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Pacifism | |
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Jus ad Bellum and an Officer's Moral Obligations: Ignorance, the Constitution, and Iraq | |
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Civilians and Combatants | |
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Torture in Principle and in Practice | |
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Race, Discrimination, and Affirmative Action | |
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A More Perfect Union | |
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One Way to Understand and Defend Programs of Preferential Treatment | |
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The Case Against Affirmative Action | |
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U.S. Supreme Court: The University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases | |
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Weight Discrimination | |
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Social Justice | |
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Editors, Harvard Law Review: Never Again Shall A People Starve in a World of Plenty | |
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Welfare and Social Justice | |
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Let the Poor Sell Their Kidneys | |
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Is Inheritance Justified? | |
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U.S. Supreme Court: Kelo v. City of New London | |
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Ethics in Business | |
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The Inconclusive Case Against Manipulative Advertising | |
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The Ethics of Sales | |
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Some Paradoxes of Whistleblowing | |
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Drug Testing in Employment | |
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For Further Reading | |