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| Preface | |
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| Ethical Theories | |
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| Introduction | |
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| James Rachels: Egoism and Moral Scepticism | |
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| John Arthur: Religion, Morality, and Conscience | |
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| Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Natural Law | |
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| David Hume: Morality is Based on Sentiment | |
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| William H. Shaw: Ethical Relativism | |
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| John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism | |
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| Immanuel Kant: The Categorical Imperative | |
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| Aristotle: Happiness and Virtue | |
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| John Rawls: A Theory of Justice | |
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| Jean Grimshaw: The Idea of a Female Ethic | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade (1973) | |
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| John T. Noonan, Jr.: An Almost Absolute Value in History | |
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| Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion | |
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| Mary Anne Warren: On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion | |
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| Don Marquis: An Argument that Abortion Is Wrong | |
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| Elizabeth Harman: Creation Ethics | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Euthanasia and the Duty to Die | |
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| Introduction | |
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| James Rachels: Active and Passive Euthanasia | |
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| Bonnie Steinbock: The Intentional Termination of Life | |
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| Phillippa Foot: Killing and Letting Die | |
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| John Harris: The Survival Lottery | |
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| Peter Singer: Justifying Voluntary Euthanasia | |
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| John Hardwig: Is There a Duty to Die? | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Capital Punishment | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court: Gregg v. Georgia (1976) | |
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| Immanuel Kant: The Retributive Theory of Punishment | |
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| Ernest van den Haag: The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense of Capital Punishment | |
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| Jeffrey H. Reiman: Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Sexuality and Marriage | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Vatican: Declaration on Sexual Ethics | |
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| John Corvino: Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality | |
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| David Bradshaw: A Reply to Corvino | |
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| Martha Nussbaum: Plato and Aristotle on Love | |
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| Sam Schulman: Gay Marriage-and Marriage | |
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| Jonathan Rauch: Who Needs Marriage? | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Liberty and Drugs | |
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| Introduction | |
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| John Stuart Mill: On Liberty | |
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| John Hospers: What Libertarianism Is | |
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| Gerald Dworkin: Paternalism | |
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| Thomas Szasz: The Ethics of Addiction | |
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| James Q. Wilson: Against Legalization of Drugs | |
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| Daniel Shapiro: Addiction and Drug Policy | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Moral Status of Animals | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Immanuel Kant: Our Duties to Animals | |
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| Peter Singer: All Animals Are Equal | |
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| Tom Regan: The Case for Animal Rights | |
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| Mary Anne Warren: Difficulties with the Strong Animal Rights Position | |
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| Roger Scruton: The Moral Status of Animals | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| The Environment and Consumption | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Aldo Leopold: The Land Ethic | |
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| J. Baird Callicot: Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair | |
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| Alan Thein Durning: The Environmental Costs of Consumption | |
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| Peter Singer: Famine, Affluence, and Morality | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| War and Terrorism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Douglas P. Lackey: Pacifism | |
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| William V. O'Brien: The Conduct of Just and Limited War | |
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| Haig Khatchadourian: The Morality of Terrorism | |
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| Laurie Calhoun: The Terrorist's Tacit Message | |
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| David Luban: The War on Terrorism and the End of Human Rights | |
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| Michael G. Knapp: The Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islam | |
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| Problem Cases | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Index | |