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Preface | p. x |
Introduction: A Pluralistic Approach to Contemporary Moral Issues | p. xiii |
An Initial Moral Problems Self-Quiz | p. xxii |
Matters of Life and Death | p. 1 |
Cloning and reproductive technologies | p. 11 |
The Narratives | p. 12 |
"Belgian Loopholes Allow Swiss Parents a 'Savior' Baby" | p. 12 |
"On the Ethics of Selective Abortion for Disability: Conversations with My Son" | p. 14 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 32 |
The Argument | p. 40 |
"What's Wrong with Enhancement?" | p. 40 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 43 |
For Further Reading | p. 43 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 46 |
Twilight of the Idols, Selections by Friedrich Nietzsche | p. 46 |
Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill | p. 46 |
Republic by Plato | p. 46 |
Abortion | p. 47 |
The Narrative | p. 48 |
"The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy" | p. 48 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 55 |
The Arguments | p. 71 |
"Abortion and the Concept of a Person" | p. 71 |
"The Wrong of Abortion" | p. 77 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 87 |
For Further Reading | p. 88 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 91 |
Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes | p. 91 |
Protagoras by Plato | p. 91 |
Politics by Aristotle | p. 91 |
Euthanasia | p. 92 |
The Narratives | p. 93 |
Atul Gawande, "Letting Go" | p. 93 |
"Confronting Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death" | p. 108 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 113 |
The Argument | p. 121 |
"Active and Passive Euthanasia" | p. 121 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 125 |
For Further Reading | p. 126 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 128 |
Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant | p. 128 |
An Introduction to the Principles of Morality and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham | p. 128 |
Higher & Lower Pleasures by John Stuart Mill | p. 128 |
Punishment and the Death Penalty | p. 129 |
The Narrative | p. 130 |
Helen Prejean, C.S.J., "Crime Victims on the Anvil of Pain" | p. 130 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 133 |
The Arguments | p. 151 |
"What Do Murderers Deserve? The Death Penalty in Civilized Societies" | p. 151 |
"Against the Death Penalty" | p. 155 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 161 |
For Further Reading | p. 162 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 164 |
Principle of Utility by Jeremy Bentham | p. 164 |
On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria | p. 164 |
The Metaphysical Elements of Justice by Immanuel Kant | p. 165 |
War, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism | p. 166 |
The Narrative | p. 167 |
"Soldiers' Moral Wounds" | p. 167 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 172 |
The Arguments | p. 195 |
"The Argument about Humanitarian Intervention" | p. 195 |
"Torture Can Be Wrong and Still Work" | p. 203 |
"Is There a Tortuous Road to Justice?" | p. 204 |
"Ethical Issues in Counterterrorism Warfare" | p. 206 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 209 |
For Further Reading | p. 210 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 211 |
On Free Choice of the Will by Saint Augustine | p. 211 |
Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas | p. 211 |
The Analects by Confucius | p. 212 |
Matters of Diversity and Equality | p. 213 |
Race and Ethnicity | p. 227 |
The Narrative | p. 228 |
"Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America" | p. 228 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 239 |
The Arguments | p. 250 |
"Achieving Democratic Equality: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Reparations" | p. 250 |
"Hate Crimes Laws: Progressive Politics or Balkanization?" | p. 260 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 271 |
For Further Reading | p. 271 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 272 |
The Souls of Black Folk by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (also, W.E.B. Du Bois) | p. 272 |
Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. | p. 273 |
An Introduction to the Principles of Morality and Legislation | p. 273 |
Gender | p. 274 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 275 |
The Arguments | p. 284 |
"Stopping the Traffic in Women" | p. 284 |
"The Second Sexism" | p. 296 |
"Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?" | p. 311 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 319 |
For Further Reading | p. 320 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 321 |
How to Make Our Ideas Clear by Charles Sanders Peirce | p. 321 |
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein | p. 321 |
Cratylus by Plato | p. 321 |
An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope | p. 322 |
Sexual Orientation | p. 323 |
The Narrative | p. 324 |
"Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day" | p. 324 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 329 |
The Arguments | p. 340 |
"A Right to Marry? Same-Sex Marriage and Constitutional Law" | p. 340 |
"Against Homosexual Marriage" | p. 352 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 357 |
For Further Reading | p. 358 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 359 |
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill | p. 359 |
Five Ways by Saint Thomas Aquinas | p. 359 |
The Teleological Argument by William Paley | p. 360 |
Expanding the Circle | p. 361 |
World Hunger and Poverty | p. 363 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 364 |
The Arguments | p. 378 |
"The Moral Demands of Global Justice" | p. 378 |
"Achieving Global and Local Justice" | p. 384 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 390 |
For Further Reading | p. 391 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 393 |
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle | p. 393 |
Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill | p. 393 |
Higher & Lower Pleasures by John Stuart Mill | p. 393 |
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith | p. 393 |
Living Together with Animals | p. 395 |
The Narratives | p. 396 |
"Eating Animals" | p. 396 |
"Down on the Factory Farm" | p. 402 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 409 |
The Arguments | p. 413 |
"The Case for Animal Rights" | p. 413 |
"The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research" | p. 420 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 426 |
For Further Reading | p. 427 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 429 |
Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes | p. 429 |
The Metaphysical Elements of Justice by Immanuel Kant | p. 429 |
De Anima by Aristode | p. 429 |
Environmental Ethics | p. 430 |
The Narrative | p. 431 |
"Native American Attitudes toward the Environment" | p. 431 |
"Apocalypse Now: A Scientist's Plea for Christian Environmentalism" | p. 434 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 439 |
The Arguments | p. 442 |
"Just Garbage" | p. 442 |
"Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique" | p. 450 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 459 |
For Further Reading | p. 460 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 461 |
Opus Majus by Roger Bacon | p. 461 |
Discourse on Method by René Descartes | p. 461 |
Principle of Utility by Jeremy Bentham | p. 461 |
Cyberethics | p. 462 |
The Narrative | p. 463 |
"Hackers Live by Own Code"Joseph Menn | p. 463 |
An Introduction to the Moral Issues | p. 466 |
The Arguments | p. 475 |
"The Ethical Evaluation of WikiLeaks" | p. 475 |
"Should We Let Computers Get Under Our Skins?" | p. 477 |
"Ethical Reflections on Cyberstalking" | p. 488 |
"Ethical Reflections on the Problem of Spam" | p. 495 |
Concluding Discussion Questions | p. 503 |
For Further Reading | p. 503 |
MySearchLab Connections | p. 504 |
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes | p. 504 |
De Anima by Aristotle | p. 504 |
Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant | p. 504 |
Two Treatises of Government by John Locke | p. 504 |
Index | p. 505 |
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