Social Ethics : Morality and Social Policy with Free PowerWeb

by MAPPES

• ISBN13: 9780072504378
• ISBN10: 0072504374
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-25
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Perfect for introductory ethics courses, this popular anthology encourages a critical examination of contemporary moral problems by presenting differing viewpoints on issues like the death penalty; euthanasia; hate speech and censorship; world hunger and global justice; and the environment. The readings, of which over 40% are new to this Sixth Edition, include relevant legal opinions, as well as selections from the work of some of the most respected contemporary writers and thinkers.

Table of Contents

Indicates a new reading

Abortion

Introduction

The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion

On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion

Why Abortion is Immoral Judith

A Defense of Abortion

Majority Opinion in Roe v. Wade Justices Sandra Day O'Connor

Opinion in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern

Governor of Pennsylvania

Abortion: A Feminist Perspective

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 1

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Introduction

Active and Passive Euthanasia

Killing and Allowing to Die

Voluntary Active Euthanasia

Objections to the Institutionalization of Euthanasia

Assisted Suicide Is Not Voluntary Active Euthanasia Chief Justice

Opinion of the Court in Washington v. Glucksberg

Concurring Opinion in Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill

Voluntary Death: A Comparison of Terminal Dehydration and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 2

The Death Penalty

Introduction

Justices Potter Stewart

Opinion in Gregg v. Georgia Justice

Dissenting Opinion in Gregg v. Georgia

A Life for a Life

An Eye for an Eye?

Deterrence and the Death Penalty

Common Sense, the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty, and the Best Bet Argument

Studies Find Death Penalty Tied to Race of the Victims Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 3

Sexual Morality

Introduction

Morality and Human Sexuality

Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person

The Harms of Consensual Sex

Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality

Majority Opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick

Dissenting Opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 4

Pornography, Hate Speech, and Censorship

Introduction

On Liberty The Attorney's General's Commission on Pornography, The Question of Harm

Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look

Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship

Majority Opinion in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

Illinois Supreme Court

Opinion in Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America

Racist Speech as the Functional Equivalent of Fighting Words

Liberalism and Campus Hate Speech: A Philosophical Examination

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 5

Drug Control and Addiction

Introduction

Opinion in Commonwealth v. Joseph

The Ethics of Addiction

The Ethics of Smoking

The Case for Legalization

Against the Legalization of Drugs

Addiction and Drug Policy

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 6

Social and Economic Justice

Introduction

What Libertarianism Is

A Moral Case for Socialism

Five Faces of Oppression

The African-American Underclass and the Question of Values

Paternalism and Welfare

The End of Welfare

Liberal Equality and Inherited Wealth

Homelessness and the Issue of Freedom

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 7

World Hunger and Poverty

Introduction

The Presidential Commission on World Hunger

Why Should the United States Be Concerned

Living on a Lifeboat

Some Facts About Famine

Property and Hunger

Closing the Gender Gap in Development

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 8

Animals

Introduction

All Animals Are Equal

The Case for Animal Rights

Moral Vegetarianism and the Argument from Pain and Suffering

The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research

Human and Animal Rights Compared

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 9

The Environment

Introduction

People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution

For Free Market Environmentalism

Against Free Market Environmentalism

Just Garbage

The Land Ethic

Environmental Ethics

Deep Ecology

Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness

Preservation: A Third World Critique

Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 10

About the Contributors

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