Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics

Name: Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics
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ISBN: 9781405115483

ISBN-10: 1405115483

ISBN-13: 9781405115483

Edition: 2005

Authors: Christopher Heath Wellman, Andrew I. Cohen, Andrew I. Cohen

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Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in applied ethics Topics addressed include abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy in civil society, values in nature, and world hunger. Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion. Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in applied ethics, whilst also capturing the imagination of professional philosophers.

Book details

List price: $53.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Notes on Contributors


Introduction


Abortion



The Wrong of Abortion




The Moral Permissibility of Abortion



Affirmative Action



A Defense of Affirmative Action




Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic




Empty Cages: Animals Rights and Vivisection




Animals and Their Medical Use



Capital Punishment



A Defense of the Death Penalty




Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest



Cloning



Why I Oppose Human Cloning




The Poverty of Objections to Human Reproductive Cloning




In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide




A Case Against Euthanasia



Immigration



Immigration: The Case for Limits




The Case for Open Immigration



Pornography



The Right to Get Turned On:Pornography, Autonomy, Equality




"The Price We Pay"?: Pornography and Harm



Privacy and Civil Society



The Limits of Privacy




The Case for Privacy



Values in Nature



The Intrinsic Value of Nature in Public Policy: The Case of the Endangered Species Act




Values in Nature: A Pluralistic Approach



World Hunger



Famine Relief: The Duties We Have to Others




Famine Relief and Human Virtue



Index