A Companion To Applied Ethics

by Frey, R. G.; Wellman, Christopher Heath

• ISBN13: 9781405133456
• ISBN10: 1405133457
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-24
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

In recent years, many important moral, social, and political issues have come under philosophical scrutiny, with the result that applied or practical ethics has become one of the largest areas of growth in philosophy. These specially commissioned essays by many of the leading figures in applied ethics track that growth. They provide substantive discussions of the pressing issues that orient around the topics in question, and, collectively, constitute an in-depth, state-of-the-art account of present-day philosophical thinking in practical ethics. A Companion to Applied Ethics is the most ambitious and authoritative account of applied ethics available. The volume will serve professionals as an indispensable resource, and, because it is written accessibly, will provide students and educated laymen with an excellent guide to the current state of play in substantive discussion by philosophers of major moral, social, and political issues.

Author Biography

R. G. Frey is Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on applied ethics, normative theory, and the history of eighteenth-century British moral philosophy. With Gerald Dworkin and Sissela Bok, he is the author of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide (1998).

Christopher Heath Wellman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-editor, with Andrew Cohen, of Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics (Blackwell 2004).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	ix
Preface	xvii
1 The Nature of Applied Ethics	1	(16)
Tom L. Beauchamp
2 Theories of Ethics	17	(21)
Stephen L. Darwall
3 Property Rights and Welfare Redistribution	38	(12)
Jeremy Waldron
4 Civil Disobedience and the Duty to Obey the Law	50	(12)
A. John Simmons
5 Capitalism and Marxism	62	(13)
Richard W. Miller
6 State Punishment and the Death Penalty	75	(14)
David Dolinko
7 Racism	89	(13)
Michele Moody-Adams
8 Sexism	102	(16)
Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones
9 Affirmative Action	118	(10)
Bernard Boxill and Jan Boxill
10 The Legal Enforcement of Morality	128	(14)
Larry Alexander
11 Hate Crimes, Literature, and Speech	142	(12)
L.W. Sumner
12 Pornography and Censorship	154	(13)
Lori Gruen
13 Dirty Hands	167	(13)
Gerald F. Gaus
14 Sexual Ethics	180	(12)
Alan H. Goldman
15 Gun Control	192	(18)
Lance Stell
16 Citizenship	210	(14)
Wayne Norman and Will Kymlicka
17 Immigration	224	(14)
Michael Blake
18 World Hunger	238	(16)
Hugh LaFollette
19 War and Terrorism	254	(13)
C.A.J. Coady
20 Nationalism and Secession	267	(12)
Christopher Heath Wellman
21 Intergenerational Justice	279	(16)
Clark Wolf
22 Bioethics	295	(18)
Margaret P. Battin
23 Abortion	313	(13)
Margaret Olivia Little
24 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide	326	(16)
Michael Tooley
25 Reproductive Technology	342	(14)
John D. Arras
26 Genetic Engineering	356	(13)
Dan W. Brock
27 Surrogate Motherhood	369	(13)
Rosemarie Tong
28 Cloning	382	(14)
John Harris
29 Allocation of Medical Resources	396	(14)
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr and Ana Smith Iltis
30 Experimentation on Human Subjects	410	(14)
Patrick Boleyn-Fitzgerald
31 Disability	424	(15)
Leslie Pickering Francis
32 Moral Status	439	(12)
Mary Anne Warren
33 Killing and Letting Die	451	(13)
Alastair Norcross
34 The Doctrine of Double Effect	464	(11)
R.G. Prey
35 Bad Samaritans, Acts, and Omissions	475	(12)
Patricia Smith
36 Moral Dilemmas	487	(11)
N. Ann Davis
37 Education	498	(14)
Amy Gutmann
38 Personal Relationships	512	(13)
Lawrence A. Blum
39 Animals	525	(12)
Jeff McMahan
40 Business Ethics	537	(15)
Patricia H. Werhane and R. Edward Freeman
41 Corporate Responsibility	552	(18)
R. Edward Freeman and Patricia H. Werhane
42 Whistle-blowing	570	(13)
Terrance McConnell
43 Professional Ethics	583	(14)
David Luban
44 Media Ethics	597	(11)
Judith Lichtenberg
45 Computer Ethics	608	(12)
Deborah G. Johnson
46 Engineering Ethics	620	(13)
Michael S. Pritchard
47 Environmental Ethics	633	(17)
Andrew Light
48 Values in Nature	650	(12)
Dale Jamieson
49 The Tragedy of the Commons	662	(12)
David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott
50 Global Warming	674	(11)
Robert Hood
Index	685