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Informationen zum Autor Andrew I. Cohen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University, USA, and Director of its Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics. His published work focuses on rights theory and political philosophy and includes co-editorship of this volume's first edition (Blackwell, 2005). Professor Cohen is currently researching issues concerning reparations and public contrition for past injustices that in many cases continue to inflame geopolitical sensibilities. Christopher Heath Wellman is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. A specialist in the ethical aspects of political and legal philosophy, his books include the forthcoming Liberal Rights and Responsibilities: Debating the Ethics of Immigration (due for publication in 2013), and A Liberal Theory of International Justice (2009, with Andrew Altman), in addition to co-editing the first edition of this work. Klappentext This new edition of compelling commentary on substantive ethical issues has been updated to encompass high-profile contemporary concerns such as torture, same-sex marriage, and reparations for the violent injustices of the past. Six pairs of newly commissioned essays join a revised selection of the book's vigorous debates between leading philosophers with contrasting views. Also included in this new edition is a concise and insightful overview essay from Stephen Darwall, outlining the current landscape of ethical theory - vital context for students grappling with concepts that shape the shifting mores of human societies. The rhetorical power of the first edition's adversarial format was a potent catalyst for scholarly engagement. This fresh edition benefits from the same editorial finesse, enhanced by a broadened academic purview, with themed sections exploring life and death, concepts of justice, privacy and the common good, and issues relating to human communities in our restless, hungry, warming world. This accessible text locates the pressure points of core issues in applied ethics. It aims to foster the informed discussion required to nourish a new generation of philosophers. Zusammenfassung This revised and updated second edition tackles some of the most hotly contested contemporary ethical issues, including torture and same-sex marriage. The collection pairs essays by leading philosophers known for their opposing views, who debate troubling human dilemmas ranging from abortion and euthanasia to drugs and global warming. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman Ethical Theory 11 1 Theories of Ethics Stephen L. Darwall 13 Issues in Life and Death 33 Abortion 35 2 The Wrong of Abortion 37 Patrick Lee and Robert P. George 3 The Moral Permissibility of Abortion 51 Margaret Olivia Little Euthanasia 63 4 In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide 65 Michael Tooley 5 A Case Against Euthanasia 82 Daniel Callahan Animals 93 6 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection 95 Tom Regan 7 Animals and Their Medical Use 109 R.G. Frey Issues in Justice 121 Affirmative action 123 8 A Defense of Affirmative Action 125 Albert Mosley 9 Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic 141 Celia Wolf-Devine Capital punishment 157 10 A Defense of the Death Penalty 159 Louis P. Pojman 11 Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest 175 Stephen Nathanson Reparations 189 12 Compensation and Past Injustice 191 Bernard Boxill 13 Must We Provide Material Red...
