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Informationen zum Autor Laurence Thomas is Professor in the departments of Philosophy and Political Science in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, where he is also a member of the Center for European Studies. He is the author of over fifty articles and four books, Living Morally: A Psychology of Moral Character (1989), Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the Holocaust (1993), Sexual Orientation and Human Rights (with Michael Levin, 1999) and The Family and the Political Self (2006). His articles on moral theory and social philosophy have been widely anthologized. Klappentext Contemporary Debates in Social Philosophy offers engaging and original analyses of some of society's most significant and current concerns, with an international cast of scholars presenting sharply opposing viewpoints across ten debates. The text begins with an introductory essay that provides an overview of the topics and a discussion of their relevance to social philosophy today. It then moves on to consider a broad range of social and political issues, including the nature of freedom, the limits of religious tolerance, group rights and ethnic identity, affirmative action, conceptions of parenting, the death penalty, privacy laws, world hunger, homosexuality, and abortion. Ideal for university courses, this text offers a balanced range of opinion and perspective, probes the basic questions concerning the nature of a free and just society, and invites the reader to participate in the critical exchange of arguments. Zusammenfassung Elizabeth Anderson David Benatar Lawrence Blum Bernard R. Boxill Thomas Christiano Carl Cohen Elizabeth F. Cohen Gerald Cohen John Corvino John Deigh Anne Fagot-Largeault Rosalind Hursthouse F.M. Kamm Terrance McConnell Howard McGary B.C. Postow Philip L. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Notes on Contributors viii Introduction: Virtuous Disagreements in Social Philosophy Laurence Thomas 1 Equality 17 1 Freedom and Money G. A. Cohen 19 2 The Meanings of Freedom Leif Wenar 43 The Family 55 3 The Good and Bad Family Rosalind Hursthouse 57 4 Family Resemblances Elizabeth F. Cohen 69 Sexual Rights 77 5 Homosexuality, Harm, and Moral Principles John Corvino 79 6 Homosexual Acts, Morality, and Public Discourse Christopher Wolfe 94 Abortion and the Limits of Freedom 111 7 The Fetus in Perspective: The Moral and the Legal Anne Fagot-Largeault 113 8 Abortion and Moral Repugnancy Laurence Thomas 122 Privacy 129 9 Privacy John Deigh 131 10 Privacy's Value Terrance McConnell 146 Religious Tolerance 153 11 In Defense of Religious Toleration Philip L. Quinn 155 12 Does Religious Toleration Make Any Sense? Thomas Christiano 171 Diversity 191 13 Ethnicity, Disunity, and Equality Lawrence Blum 193 14 Diversity Limited David Benatar 212 Racial Integration 227 15 The Future of Racial Integration Elizabeth Anderson 229 16 When Turnabout Is Not Fair Play Carl Cohen 250 Scarce Resources 261 17 Moral Issues in Rationing Scarce Resources F. M. Kamm 263 18 Locke's Defense of Preferential Treatment Bernard R. Boxill 279 Violence 297 19 Psychological Violence and Institutional Racism: The Moral Responsibility of Bystanders Howard McGary 299 20 McGary's Striking Claim and the Roles of Self-Deception, Acquiescence, and Complicity B. C. Postow 312 Index 317 ...
