Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics

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Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2005)
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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.

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BJ1031.C597 2014

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9780470798201   1405115483   9781118479391   1405115475   9781405115476   9781118479872   9781118479834   9781405115483   1118479394   1118479874

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Compensation and Past Injustice.  (pages 22--191)Bernard Boxill
In Favor of Drug Decriminalization.  (pages 22--335)Douglas Husak
Making Sense of Marriage.  (pages 22--290)Sherif Girgis
Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs?  (pages 22--203)Nahshon Perez
Racial Profiling and the Meaning of Racial Categories.  (pages 22--232)Deborah Hellman
Same-Sex Marriage and the Definitional Objection.  (pages 22--277)John Corvino
The Moral Structure of Humanitarian Intervention.  (pages 22--391)Fernando R. Tesón
The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality.  (pages 22--307)Andrew Altman
Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture1.  (pages 22--247)Fritz Allhoff
Torture and its Apologists.  (pages 22--260)Bob Brecher
The Moral Permissibility of Abortion.  (pages 51-62)Margaret Olivia Little
Immigration: The Case for Limits.  (pages 193-206)David Miller
The Case for Open Immigration.  (pages 207-220)Chandran Kukathas
Bayesian Inference and Contractualist Justification on Interstate 95.  (pages 219)Arthur Isak Applbaum
Against the Legalization of Drugs.  (pages 346-357)Peter de Marneffe
The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention.  (pages 404-416)Bas van der Vossen

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