Hobbesian Applied Ethics and Public Policy

List of contents

Introduction
Shane D. Courtland
Section I: Core Issues in Application

1. A Hobbesian Approach to Public Policy
Susanne Sreedhar


2. Applied Ethics: A Challenge to Contractarianism?
Daniel Eggers


3. Legislating Death: A Problem in Thomas Hobbes’s Argument and its Relevance for Contemporary Democracies
Eva Odzuck
Section II: Medical Ethics


4. Hobbesian Medical Ethics
Rosamond Rhodes


5. Hobbes and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Between the Pains of Life and Death
Joanne Boucher


6. Hobbes and Informed Consent in Medicine
Marcus Adams
Section III: Local Issues in Applied Ethics and Public Policy


7. Hobbes on the Ethic and Jurisprudence of Life
Kody Cooper


8. Cheers by Command of the Sovereign: A Hobbesian Approach to Alcohol
Michael Krom


9. Hobbes Comes Out for Equal Marriage
Eleanor Curran
Section IV: Political Issues in Public Policy


10. Hobbes and Free Speech
David van Mill


11. Hobbes and the Welfare State
Jan Narveson


12. Hobbes on Serious Crime
Tom Sorell
Section V: Group Pluralism and Public Policy


13. A Hobbesian Response to Terrorism
Jeremy Anderson


14. Hobbesian Holdouts
Peter Vanderschraaf


15. Between Two Masters: Hobbes’s Views on International Relations

Gabrielle Stanton

About the author

Shane D. Courtland currently works at West Virginia University. His publications have appeared in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Environmental Philosophy, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Journal of Mind and Behavior, Southwest Philosophy Review, Hobbes Studies, Reason Papers, Utilitas, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Routledge’s Ethics in Politics.

Summary

The topics addressed in Hobbesian Applied Ethics and Public Policy include the right to die, abortion, same-sex marriage, free speech, terrorism, and international justice. This book will be of interest to Hobbesian scholars, as well as those interested in contemporary issues in applied ethics, political philosophy, and public policy.

Additional text

"Courtland has drawn together leading Hobbes scholars whose original essays address seminal topics in normative and applied ethics. The collection will be a vital resource for scholars and students, and it demonstrates the enduring value of Hobbes scholarship to contemporary controversies." – Andrew I. Cohen, Georgia State University, USA

Product details

• Authors: Shane D. Courtland, Shane D. (West Virginia University Courtland
• Assisted by: Shane D. Courtland (Editor), Shane D. (West Virginia University Courtland (Editor), Courtland Shane D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138691636
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69163-6
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics; Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Public Administration, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Public administration / Public policy