Ethics in Practice by LaFollette, Hugh;

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* Contains more than 60 classic and contemporary articles.

* New material: includes 13 new essays and 12 essays revised especially for this volume.

* Surveys 14 key moral debates.

* Integrates moral theory into discussion of practical issues.

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This volume is a comprehensive collection of more than 60 new, newly-revised, and classic readings on fourteen contemporary moral debates.

This volume is a comprehensive collection of more than 60 new, newly-revised, and classic readings on fourteen contemporary moral debates.

In addition to more familiar issues, such as abortion, euthanasia, preferential treatment, animal rights, and the environment, the volume includes coverage of less familiar but equally important topics, such as immigration, political correctness, the use of drugs, the compensation of victims of crime, free speech, world hunger, and economic justice.

Accessible and engaging, yet philosophically rigorous, this volume encourages the student to think critically about a wide range of practical moral issues. These features make Ethics in Practice the ideal text for introductory courses in ethics.

Stop by the website at: www.etsu.edu/Ethics.In.Practice

"... a good aid for introducing non-philosophers to ethical problems without over-simplifying matters. Of course, all philosophical texts are difficult for non-philosophers, but the level of difficulty in these texts is not extreme. Generally, it can be said that LaFollette has succeeded in finding texts that are not only representative but also accessible."
Jan Jans, Ethical Perspectives

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Part I: Life and Death:.

Euthanasia:.

1. Why Physicians Should Aid the Dying: Gregory Pence (University of Alabama, Birmingham).

2. Justifying Physician-Assisted Deaths: Tom L. Beauchamp (Georgetown University).

3. Rule Utilitarianism and Euthanasia: Brad Hooker (University of Reading).

4. Dying at the Right Time: Reflections on (Un)assisted Suicide: John Hardwig (East Tennesse State University).

Abortion:.

5. A Defense of Abortion: Judith Jarvis Thomson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

6. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion: Mary Anne Warren (San Francisco State University).

7. An Argument that Abortion is Wrong: Don Marquis (University of Kansas).

8. Redefining Abortion: Barbara Katz Rothman (Graduate Center, City University of New York).

Animals:.

9. All Animals Are Equal: Peter Singer (Monash University).

10. The Moral Community: Michael Allen Fox (Queen's University).

11. Moral Standing, the Value of Lives, and Speciesism: R. G. Frey (Bowling Green State University).

12. The Case for Animal Rights: Tom Regan (North Carolina State University).

13. Learning to See the Animals Again: John P. Gluck (University of New Mexico).

Part II: The Personal Life:.

Family and Friends:.

14. What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?: Jane English (deceased).

15. Emotional Exploitation: Sandra Lee Bartky (University of Illinois, Chicago).

16. The Priority of Personal Interests: Bernard Williams (University of California, Berkeley).

17. Morality, Parents, and Children: James Rachels (University of Alabama-Birmingham).

Sexuality:.

18. What's Wrong with Rape?: Pamela Foa.

19. Morality and Human Sexuality: Vincent C. Punzo (St. Louis University).

20. Plain Sex: Alan H. Goldman (University of Miami).

21. Why Homosexuality is Abnormal: Michael Levin (City University of New York).

22. Homosexuality, Morals, and the Law of Nature: Burton M. Leiser (Pace University).

Virtues:.

23. Servility and Self-Respect: Thomas E. Hill, Jr.(University of North Carolina).

24. Generosity: James D. Wallace (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

25. On Improving People by Political Means: Lester H. Hunt (University of Wisconsin).

26. The Social Basis of Character: An Ecological Humanist Approach: Steven Fesmire (East Tennessee State University).

Part III: Liberty and Equality:.

Drugs:.

27. Freedom of Action: John Stuart Mill (deceased).

28. Against the Legalization of Drugs: James Q. Wilson (Harvard University).

29. Taking Drugs Seriously: Liberal Paternalism and the Rationality of Preferences: Ann E. Cudd (University of Kansas).

30. Permissible Paternalism: Saving Smokers from Themselves: Robert E. Goodin (Australian National University).

Free Speech:.

31. Freedom of Thoughts and Discussion: John Stuart Mill (deceased).

32. Do We Have a Right to Pornography: Ronald Dworkin (Oxford University).

33. Pornography, Speech Acts, and Silence: Rae Langton (Monash University).

34. Sticks and Stones: John Arthur (State University of New York, Binghamton).

35. Speech Codes and Feminism: Marilyn Friedman (Washington University). Sexual and Racial Discrimination:.

36. Racisms: Kwame Anthony Appiah (Harvard University).

37. Oppression by Choice: Ann E. Cudd (University of Kansas).

38. Sexual Harassment: Anita M. Superson (University of Kentucky).

39. Date Rape: Lois Pineau (University of Toronto).

40. Men in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape: Larry May (Washington University) and Robert Strikwerda (Indiana University). Affirmative Action:.

41. Affirmative Action: Michael Levin (City University of New York).

42. The Rights of Allan Bakke: Ronald Dworkin (Oxford University).

43. Affirmative Action as Equalizing Opportunity: Challenging the Myth of Preferential Treatment: Luke Charles Harris and Uma Narayan (Vassar College).

Part IV: Justice: Punishment:.

44. Punishment and Desert: James Rachels (University of Alabama-Birmingham).

45. Two Concepts of Rules: John Rawls (Harvard University).

46. Repentance and Criminal Punishment: Jeffrie G. Murphy (Arizona State University).

47. Making Hard Time Even Harder: Lynn Pasquerella (University of Rhode Island).

48. The Philosophy of State Compensation: John Haldane (University of St. Andrews) and Anthony Harvey.

Economic Justice:.

49. Two Principles of Justice: John Rawls (Harvard University).

50. Distributive Justice: Robert Nozick (Harvard University).

51. Displacing the Distributive Paradigm: Iris Marion Young (University of Pittsburgh).

52. Property Rights, Economic Inequalities, and International Obligations: Clark Wolf (University of Georgia).

World Hunger and International Justice:.

53. Free Movement: If People Were Money: Robert E. Goodin (Australian National University).

54. Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Peter Singer (Monash University).

55. Rights and the Duty to Bring Aid: John Arthur (State University of New York, Binghamton).

56. Hunger and Development: David A. Crocker (University of Maryland).

57. Humans vs. Nature: Holmes Rolston III (University of Colorado).

Environment:.

58. The Land Ethic: Aldo Leopold (deceased).

59. Reconciling Anthropocentric and Non-anthropocentric Environmental Ethics: James P. Sterba (University of Notre Dame).

60. The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism: Karen J. Warren (Macalester College).

61. Environmental Ethics: A Triangular Affair: J. Baird Callicott (University of North Texas).

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