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What's Wrong? Applied Ethicists and Their Critics

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ISBN-10: 0195167619

ISBN-13: 9780195167610

Edition: 2004

Authors: David Boonin, Graham Oddie

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What's Wrong? is an engaging introduction to applied ethics, providing thorough coverage of virtually all the standard issues in applied ethics - such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, world hunger, and animal rights. Boonin and Oddie also include cutting edge topics, such as cloning, racial profiling, same-sex marriage, prostitution, and slave reparations. A unique feature of the book is that each of its chapters focuses on a single topic and provides a featuredarticle on that topic followed by several critical responses to the article. The chapters also provide critical introductions to help students see how the arguments in the different readings are related to one another,…    
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List price: $84.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 768
Size: 9.21" wide x 7.28" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction: What's Wrong with Arguing?
What's Wrong With Killing?
Is Killing in War Wrong?
Fullinwider and His Critics
""War and Innocence""
Critics
""Self-Defense and the Killing of Noncombatants: A Reply to Fullinwider""
Is Euthanasia Wrong?
Rachels and His Critics
""Active and Passive Euthanasia""
Critics
""Is Killing No Worse Than Letting Die?""
""Killing, Letting Die, and the Bare Difference Argument""
""The Additive Fallacy""
""Killing and Letting Die: From Bare Differences to Clear Differences""
Is Abortion Wrong?
Marquis and His Critics
""Why Abortion Is Immoral""
Critics
""Abortion and the Neo-Natal Right to Life: A Critique of Marquis's Futurist Argument""
""Killing, Abortion, and Contraception: A Reply to Marquis""
""Does a Fetus Already Have a Future-Like-Ours?""
Thomson and Her Critics
""A Defense of Abortion""
Critics
""Thomson on Abortion""
""Arguments from Bodily Rights: A Critical Analysis""
Is Infanticide Wrong?
Tooley and His Critics
""Abortion and Infanticide""
Critics
""Infanticide and the Right to Life""
""Must the Bearer of a Right Have the Concept of That to Which He Has a Right?""
Is Killing Nonhuman Animals Wrong?
Regan and His Critics
""The Case for Animal Rights""
Critics
""On a Case for Animal Rights""
""Why Animals Lack Beliefs and Desires""
""The Case Against Animal Rights""
""Rights""
What's Wrong With Sex?
Is Homosexuality Wrong?
Levin and His Critics
""Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal""
Critics
""Homosexuality and Nature: Happiness and the Law at Stake""
Is ""Outing"" Homosexuals Wrong?
Mohr and His Critics
""The Case for Outing""
Critics
""Outing, Ethics, and Politics: A Reply to Mohr""
""Privacy and the Ethics of Outing""
Is Adultery Wrong?
Wasserstrom and His Critics
""Is Adultery Immoral?""
Critics
""What's Really Wrong with Adultery""
""Adultery""
""What's Wrong with Adultery?""
Is Antioch's ""Sexual Offense Policy"" Wrong?
Soble and His Critics
""Antioch's 'Sexual Offense Policy': A Philosophical Exploration""
Critics
""AH! My Foolish Heart: A Reply to Soble's 'Antioch's ""Sexual Offense Policy"": A Philosophical Exploration'""
Is Prostitution Wrong?
Ericsson and His Critics
""Charges Against Prostitution: An Attempt at a Philosophical Assessment""
Critics
""Defending Prostitution: Charges Against Ericsson""
""Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution?""
""Prostitution, Exploitation, and Taboo""
What's Wrong With The Family?
Is Neglecting One's Parents Wrong?
English and Her Critics
""What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?""
Critics
""Can Parents and Children Be Friends?""
""The Friendship Model of Filial Obligations""
Is the Traditional Family Wrong?
Sommers and Her Critics
Christina Hoff Sommers, ""Philosophers Against the Family""
Critics
""'They Lived Happily Ever After': Sommers on Women and Marriage""
""The Ties That Bind: Duties to Family Members""
Is Licensing Parents Wrong?
LaFollette and His Critics
""Licensing Parents""
Critics
""On Licentious Licensing: A Reply to Hugh LaFollette""
""Parent Licensing""
Is Same-Sex Marriage Wrong?
Jordan and His Critics
""Is It Wrong to Discriminate on the Basis of Homosexuality?""
Critics
""Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement""
""Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality""
What's Wrong With Race Relations?
Is Affirmative Action Wrong?
Thomson and Her Critics
""Preferential Hiring""
Critics
""Preferential Hiring: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson""
Are Reparations for Slavery Wrong?
Horowitz and His Critics
""Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks Is a Bad Idea for Blacks--and Racist, Too!""
Critics
""Ten Reasons: A Response to David Horowitz""
""America's Debt to Blacks""
Is a White Musician Playing the Blues Wrong?
Rudinow and His Critics
""Race, Ethnicity, Expressive Authenticity: Can White People Sing the Blues?""
Critics
So Black and Blue: Response to Rudinow""
""Reply to Taylor""
Is Racial Profiling Wrong?
Levin and His Critics
""Responses to Race Differences in Crime""
Critics
""On Michael Levin's 'Responses to Race Differences in Crime'""
""Statistical Badness""
""Race and Crime: A Response to Michael Levin and Laurence Thomas""
What's Wrong With Commerce?
Is Failing to Divest from Immoral Companies Wrong?
Cahn and His Critics
""A Puzzle Concerning Divestiture""
Critics
""The Divestiture Puzzle Dissolved""
""Morally Acceptable Divestiture""
""The Point in Principled Divestiture""
Is Insider Trading Wrong?
Werhane and Her Critics
""The Ethics of Insider Trading""
Critics
""Insider Trading Revisited""
Is Marketing Human Organs Wrong?
Chadwick and Her Critics
""The Market for Bodily Parts: Kant and Duties to Oneself""
Critics
""The Market for Bodily Parts: A Response to Ruth Chadwick""
""The Morality of a Free Market for Transplant Organs""
Is Commercial Surrogate Motherhood Wrong?
Anderson and Her Critics
""Is Women's Labor a Commodity?""
Critics
""Commodification and Commercial Surrogacy""
""Two Questions About Surrogacy and Exploitation""
Is Failing to Contribute to Famine Relief Wrong?
Singer and His Critics
""Famine, Affluence, and Morality""
Critics
""World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case Against Singer""
""Famine, Affluence, and Empathy""
What's Wrong With The State?
Is Redistributive Taxation Wrong?
Nozick and His Critics
""Distributive Justice""
Critics
""The Entitlement Theory of Distributive Justice""
""Redistributive Taxation, Self-Ownership, and the Fruit of Labour""
Is Capital Punishment Wrong?
van den Haag and His Critics
""Refuting Reiman and Nathanson""
Critics
""Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag""
""Does It Matter If the Death Penalty is Arbitrarily Administered?""
Is All Punishment Wrong?
Barnett and His Critics
""Restitution: A New Paradigm of Criminal Justice""
Critics
""Restitution and Punishment: A Reply to Barnett""
""Criminal Remedies: Restitution, Punishment, or Both?""
""Criminal Justice and Private Enterprise""
Is a Government Ban on Tobacco Wrong?
Goodin and His Critics
Robert Goodin, ""No Smoking""
Critics
""Smoking Tobacco: Irrationality, Addiction, and Paternalism""
""Addiction and the Value of Freedom""
Is a Government Ban on Cloning Wrong?
Kass and His Critics
""Preventing a Brave New World""
Critics
""Uniqueness, Individuality, and Human Cloning""
""An Argument for Limited Human Cloning""
What Else Is Wrong?
Is Inheriting Wealth Wrong?
""Is Inheritance Justified?""
Is Criminalizing Blackmail Wrong?
""The Crime of Blackmail: A Libertarian Critique""
Is Punishing People for Bad Luck Wrong?
Is Refusing to Work Wrong?
""The Obligation to Work""
Is Copying This Book Wrong?
""In Defense of Copying""