{"product_id":"contemporary-debates-in-applied-ethics-isbn-9781118479391","title":"Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in an updated edition with fresh perspectives on high-profile ethical issues such as torture and same-sex marriage, this collection pairs cogently argued essays by leading philosophers with opposing views on fault-line public concerns.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevised and updated new edition with six new pairs of essays on prominent contemporary issues including torture and same-sex marriage, and a survey of theories of ethics by Stephen Darwall\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLeading philosophers tackle colleagues with opposing views in contrasting essays on core issues in applied ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn ideal semester-length course text certain to generate vigorous discussion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthical Theory 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Theories of Ethics \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen L. Darwall \u003c\/i\u003e13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssues in Life and Death 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbortion 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Wrong of Abortion 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Lee and Robert P. George\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Moral Permissibility of Abortion 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Olivia Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuthanasia 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 In Defense of Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Tooley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Case Against Euthanasia 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Callahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnimals 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Regan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Animals and Their Medical Use 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.G. Frey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssues in Justice 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAffirmative action 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A Defense of Affirmative Action 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbert Mosley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelia Wolf-Devine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapital punishment 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A Defense of the Death Penalty 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouis P. Pojman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Nathanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReparations 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Compensation and Past Injustice 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard Boxill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs? 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNahshon Perez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfi ling 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Bayesian Inference and Contractualist Justification on Interstate 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Isak Applbaum \u003c\/i\u003e219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Racial Profiling and the Meaning of Racial Categories 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah Hellman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTorture 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFritz Allhoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Torture and its Apologists 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Brecher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssues of Privacy and The Good 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSame-sex marriage 275\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Same-Sex Marriage and the Definitional Objection 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Corvino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Making Sense of Marriage 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSherif Girgis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePornography 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Altman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 “The Price We Pay”? Pornography and Harm 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan J. Brison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrugs 333\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 In Favor of Drug Decriminalization 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Husak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Against the Legalization of Drugs 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter de Marneffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssues of Cosmopolitanism and Community 359\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImmigration 361\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Immigration: The Case for Limits 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Case for Open Immigration 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChandran Kukathas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHumanitarian intervention 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Moral Structure of Humanitarian Intervention 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFernando R. Tesón\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBas van der Vossen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld hunger 417\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Famine Relief: The Duties We Have to Others 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Heath Wellman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Famine Relief and Human Virtue 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew I. Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew I. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Heath Wellman\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eLiberal Rights and Responsibilities: Debating the Ethics of Immigration\u003c\/i\u003e (due for publication in 2013), and \u003ci\u003eA Liberal Theory of International Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2009, with Andrew Altman), in addition to co-editing the first edition of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHugh LaFollette, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the First Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChristopher Morris, University of Maryland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid Schmidtz, University of Arizona\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988981301477,"sku":"NP9781118479391","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118479391.jpg?v=1761782302","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/contemporary-debates-in-applied-ethics-isbn-9781118479391","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}