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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...
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[*new to second edition]
Notes on Contributors vii
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman 1
ETHICAL THEORY 11
1 *Theories of Ethics Stephen L. Darwall 13
ISSUES IN LIFE AND DEATH 33
Abortion 35
2 The Wrong of Abortion Patrick Lee and Robert P. George 37
3 The Moral Permissibility of Abortion Margaret Olivia Little 51
Euthanasia 63
4 In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Michael Tooley 65
5 A Case Against Euthanasia Daniel Callahan 82
Animals 93
6 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection Tom Regan 95
7 Animals and Their Medical Use R.G. Frey 109
ISSUES IN JUSTICE 121
Affi rmative action 123
8 A Defense of Affi rmative Action Albert Mosley 125
9 Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic Celia Wolf-Devine 141
Capital punishment 157
10 A Defense of the Death Penalty Louis P. Pojman 159
11 Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest Stephen Nathanson 175
Reparations 189
12 *Compensation and Past Injustice Bernard Boxill 191
13 *Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs? Nahshon Perez 203
Profi ling 217
14 *Bayesian Inference and Contractualist Justifi cation on Interstate 95
Arthur Isak Applbaum 219
15 *Racial Profi ling and the Meaning of Racial Categories Deborah Hellman 232
Torture 245
16 *Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture Fritz Allhoff 247
17 *Torture and its Apologists Bob Brecher 260
ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND THE GOOD 273
Same-sex marriage 275
18 *Same-Sex Marriage and the Defi nitional Objection John Corvino 277
19 *Making Sense of Marriage Sherif Girgis 290
Pornography 305
20 The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality
Andrew Altman 307
21 "The Price We Pay"? Pornography and Harm Susan J. Brison 319
Drugs 333
22 *In Favor of Drug Decriminalization Douglas Husak 335
23 *Against the Legalization of Drugs Peter de Marneffe 346
ISSUES OF COSMOPOLITANISM AND COMMUNITY 359
Immigration 361
24 Immigration: The Case for Limits David Miller 363
25 The Case for Open Immigration Chandran Kukathas 376
Humanitarian intervention 389
26 *The Moral Structure of Humanitarian Intervention Fernando R. Tesón 391
27 *The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention Bas van der Vossen 404
World hunger 417
28 Famine Relief: The Duties We Have to Others Christopher Heath Wellman 419
29 Famine Relief and Human Virtue Andrew I. Cohen 431
Index 447
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"This is a superb collection of engaging and specially commissioned paired essays advancing competing solutions to fourteen important practical moral issues. The addition of six new topics makes this edition even more valuable than the first."
--Hugh LaFollette, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Praise for the First Edition
"It's hard to think of a better general introduction to contemporary debates in applied ethics and public policy. The editors have enlisted well-known philosophers to pair off on particular controversies, and they do so ably and instructively. This volume will work well as a textbook for university courses."
--Christopher Morris, University of Maryland
"Great writers joining debate on great topics. Cohen and Wellman have assembled an admirably compact volume, given its breadth. It will be of considerable service to teachers of moral problems courses and to anyone with an interest in the cutting edge of applied ethics."
--David Schmidtz, University of Arizona
