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Morality and Moral Controversies : Readings in Moral, Social and Political Philosophy (7TH 05 - Old Edition)by John Arthur
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Publisher Comments:This comprehensive anthology includes classic and contemporary readings in moral theory--a wide array of essays that address today's most philosophically interesting and controversial ethical and political issues. Includes an ethical theory overview; shows relevance of traditional and contemporary writers. Features articles on self-interest and morality, rule utilitarianism and the conflict between duty and sentiment; Features readings on life and death, terrorism, internment in time of war, distribution of scarce medical resources and the survival lottery; Features essays on democracy, capitalism and its ethos, multiculturalism, identity and reparations. Extensive coverage of violence, terrorism, and war, as well as relativism and grounds of morality. For those involved in social or political ethical decision making. Synopsis:For courses in Ethics, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Ethics, and Ethics and Moral Issues.This comprehensive anthology includes classic and contemporary readings in moral theory a wide array of essays that address today's most philosophically interesting and controversial ethical and political issues. Includes an ethical theory overview; shows relevance of traditional and contemporary writers.
Table of Contents'I. MORAL THEORY. 1. Self-Interest, Religion and Conscience.
Leviathan: Morality As Rational Advantage, Thomas Hobbes. Morality and Rational Self-interest, Baruch A. Brody. Morality, Religion, and Conscience, John Arthur. The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn, Jonathan Bennett.
2. The Sources and Grounds of Morality.
The Source of Moral Ideas: Society, Custom, and Sympathy, Edward Westermark. Trying Out One\'s New Sword, Mary Midgley. Ethics in Relativism, William H. Shaw. Morality Is Based on Sentiment, David Hume. Ethics, Thomas Nagel.
3. Classical Theories of Morality.
Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle. The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, Immanuel Kant. Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill.
4. Contemporary Perspectives.
Intuition, W.D. Ross. Kant and Utilitarianism Contrasted, Onora O\'Neill. The Real and Alleged Problems of Utilitarianism, Richard Brandt. Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory, Virginia Held.
II. ISSUES OF LIFE AND DEATH. 5. War and Terrorism.
Terrorism, R.G. Frey and Christopher W. Morris. On the Morality of War, Richard Wasserstrom. The Morality of Pacifism, Cheyney Ryan. Civil Liberties in the Time of War, Korematsu v. United States. The Ultimate Punishment, Ernest Vanden Haag. Justice, Civilization and the Death Penalty, Jeffrey H. Reiman: Rebutting Reiman, Ernest Vanden Haag.
6. Capital Punishment.
The Death Penalty, Gregg v. Georgia. Desert and Capital Punishment, Martin Perlmutter. The Ultimate Punishment, Ernest van den Haag. Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty, Jeffrey H. Reiman. Refuting Reiman, Ernest van den Haag.
7. Animals and the Natural Environment.
All Animals Are Equal, Peter Singer. Speciesism and the Idea of Equality, Bonnie Steinbock. People or Penguins, William F. Baxter. The Land Ethic: Animal Liberation and Environmentalism, J. Baird Callicott.
8. Human Reproduction: Abortion and Genetic Engineering.
The Constitutional Right to Abortion, Roe v. Wade. A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, Mary Ann Warren. Abortion and the Concept of a Person, Jane English. An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong, Dan Marquis. Fathers and Fetuses, George W. Harris. The Wisdom of Repugnance, Leon Kass. Playing God: Genes, Clones, and Luck, Ronald Dworkin.
9. Deciding Who Should Live.
Requiring Medical Treatment, JFK Memorial Hospital v. Heston. Comparing Human Lives: The Archbishop and the Chambermaid, William Godwin. An Alternative to the Ethic of Euthanasia, Arthur J. Dyck. Active and Passive Euthanasia, James Rachels. Defective Newborns and the Morality of Termination, Richard B. Brandt. Aging and the Ends of Medicine, Daniel Calahan.The Survival Lottery, John Harris.
III. PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. 10. Love, Sex, and Friendship.
Duties Toward the Body in Respect to Sexual Impulse, Immanuel Kant. What\'s Wrong with Homosexuality, John Finnis. Plain Sex, Alan H. Goldman. Gay Basics: Some Questions, Facts, and Values, Richard Mohr. Date Rape: A Feminist Analysis, Lois Pinau. An Interview About Date Rape, Camille Paglia.
11. Marriage and the Family.
Is Adultery Immoral? Richard Wasserstrom. Polygamy Is Good Feminism, Elizabeth Joseph. Same-Sex Marriage: A Debate, William Bennett and Andrew Sullivan. Surrogate Motherhood as Prenatal Adoption, Bonnie Steinbock. Selling Babies, Richard A. Posner. Licensing Parents, Hugh Lafollette. What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents? Jane English.
IV. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. 12. The Ideal State.
The Second Treatise of Government, John Locke. Libertarian Justice, Tibor R. Machan. On Liberty, John Stuart Mill. On Representative Government, John Stuart Mill. The Duties of Well-Being, Joseph Raz. A Theory of Justice, John Rawls. The Arc of the Moral Universe, Joshua Cohen.
13. Patriotism, Civil Disobedience and Rule of Law.
Flag Burning as Constitutionally Protected, Texas v. Johnson. Is Patriotism a Virtue? Alasdair MacIntyre. Crito, Plato. Taking Rights Seriously, Ronald Dworkin. Civil Disobedience and the Social Contract, John Rawls. On Not Prosecuting Civil Disobedience, Ronald Dworkin. The Problem of the Grudge Informer, Lon L. Fuller.
14. Property and Poverty.
Of Justice, David Hume. The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, Michael Novak. The Entitlement Theory, Robert Nozick. Rich and Poor, Peter Singer. What People Deserve, James Rachels. Markets and Hard Work, Michael Walzer.
15. Liberty, Drugs and Free Speech.
The Ethics of Addiction: An Argument in Favor of Letting Americans Take Any Drug They Want, Thomas Szasz. The Ethics of Smoking, Robert E. Goodin. Addiction and Drug Policy, Danny Shapiro. On the Liberty of Thought and Discussion, John Stuart Mill. Nazi Marches, Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party. Prohibiting Racist Speech on Campus: A Debate, Charles Lawrence and Gerald Gunther. Political Correctness, Speech Codes, and Diversity, Alan Dershowitz. Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look, Helen E. Longino. Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship, Mark R. Wicclair. Pornography, American Booksellers v. Hudnut.
16. Racial and Sexual Equality.
The Subjection of Women, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor. Sex Equality and Discrimination: Difference vs. Dominance, Will Kymlicka. On Racism and Sexism: Realities and Ideals, Richard A. Wasserstrom. Social Movements and the Politics of Difference, Iris Marion Young. Freedom, Conditioning, and the Real Woman, Janet Radcliffe Richards.
17. The Multicultural Society.
Morality and the Liberal Ideal, Michael J. Sandel. Multiculturalism: A Liberal Perspective, Josph Raz. Reason Before Identity, Amartya Sen. Assimilation and Cultural Identity, Wisconsin v. Yoder.
18. Reparations and Affirmative Action.
Reparations and \"The Debt\", John McWhorter. Affirmative Action in Universities, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. The Rights of Alan Bakke, Ronald Dworkin. Affirmative Racism, Charles Murray. Reverse Discrimination, James Rachels.
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