Disputed Moral Issues
A Reader
3rd Edition
Published in October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
736 pages
978-0-19-994679-2 (ISBN)
Description
Ideal for courses in contemporary moral problems, applied ethics, and introduction to ethics, Disputed Moral Issues: A Reader, Third Edition, offers a unique pedagogical approach that bridges moral theory and applied ethics. Bringing together seventy-three engaging articles, it also includes an accessible Moral Theory Primer (Chapter 1) that outlines the guiding principles of moral theory, presents seven central moral theories-including social contract theory, which is new to this edition-and relates those theories to the issues debated in the articles. Chapter 2 presents seven readings in moral theory that correspond to the theories discussed in the Theory Primer. The remaining chapters (3-15) feature readings on a wide variety of contemporary moral issues. Each selection is enhanced by a host of pedagogical features, including concise summaries, reader cues referring to pertinent moral theories, and reading and discussion questions. A "Quick Guide to Moral Theories" at the front of the book and an extensive glossary of key terms are also included.
A "User's Guide," which follows the preface, shows instructors how they can integrate moral theories and applied ethics into their courses. NEW TO THIS EDITION * Eighteen contemporary readings, including one new essay on moral theory, four selections in a new chapter on immigration, and five new readings in a revised chapter on war, terrorism, and torture * An updated Instructor's Manual and Test Bank on CD including chapter summaries and goals, quizzes, sample syllabi, sample PowerPoint-based presentations, and further resource lists * An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/timmons featuring resources for students and instructors
A "User's Guide," which follows the preface, shows instructors how they can integrate moral theories and applied ethics into their courses. NEW TO THIS EDITION * Eighteen contemporary readings, including one new essay on moral theory, four selections in a new chapter on immigration, and five new readings in a revised chapter on war, terrorism, and torture * An updated Instructor's Manual and Test Bank on CD including chapter summaries and goals, quizzes, sample syllabi, sample PowerPoint-based presentations, and further resource lists * An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/timmons featuring resources for students and instructors
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-994679-2 (9780199946792)
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Content
CHAPTERS 3-15 OPEN WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND END WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. ; *=NEW TO THIS EDITION ; QUICK GUIDE TO MORAL THEORIES ; PREFACE ; USER'S GUIDE ; 1. A MORAL THEORY PRIMER ; 1. WHAT IS A MORAL THEORY? ; 2. SEVEN ESSENTIAL MORAL THEORIES ; A. Consequentialism ; B. Natural Law Theory ; C. Kantian Moral Theory ; D. Rights-Based Moral Theory ; E. Virtue Ethics ; F. Ethics of Prima Facie Duty ; * G. Social Contract Theory ; 3. COPING WITH MANY MORAL THEORIES ; 2. READINGS IN MORAL THEORY ; Jeremy Bentham, The Principle of Utility ; St. Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Law ; Immanuel Kant, The Moral Law ; John Locke, Natural Rights ; Aristotle, Virtue and Character ; W. D. Ross, What Makes Right Actions Right? ; * John Rawls, A Theory of Justice ; 3. SEXUAL MORALITY AND MARRIAGE ; VATICAN DECLARATION ON SOME QUESTIONS OF SEXUAL ETHICS ; John Corvino, Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality ; Thomas A. Mappes, A Liberal View of Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using another Person ; Raja Halwani, Virtue Ethics and Adultery ; Maggie Gallagher, Normal Marriage: Two Views ; Evan Wolfson, Enough Marriage to Share ; 4. PORNOGRAPHY, HATE SPEECH, AND CENSORSHIP ; The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, The Question of Harm ; Nadine Strossen, Why Censoring Pornography Would Not Reduce Discrimination or Violence against Women ; Ronald Dworkin, Liberty and Pornography ; Judith M. Hill, Pornography and Degradation ; Charles R. Lawrence III, Hate Speech as the Functional Equivalent of Fighting Words ; John Arthur, Sticks and Stones ; 5. DRUGS AND ADDICTION ; David Boaz, A Drug-Free America or a Free America? ; Peter de Marneffe, Decriminalize, Don't Legalize ; Robert E. Goodin, Permissible Paternalism: Saving Smokers from Themselves ; Daniel Shapiro, Addiction and Drug Policy ; 6. SEXISM, RACISM, AND REPARATION ; Marilyn Frye, ISexism ; * J. L. A. Garcia, The Heart of Racism ; * Tommie Shelby, Is Racism in the Heart? ; Louis J. Pojman, Why Affirmative Action is Immoral ; Thomas E. Hill, Jr., The Message of Affirmative Action ; * 7. THE ETHICS OF IMMIGRATION ; * Stephen Macedo, The Moral Dilemma of U. S. Immigration Policy: Open Borders versus Social Justice ; * Joseph H. Carens, Migration and Morality: A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective ; * Christopher Heath Wellman, Immigration and Freedom of Association ; * Sarah Fine, Freedom of Association is Not the Answer ; 8. EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE ; James Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia ; * Philippa Foot, Killing and Letting Die ; * Daniel Callahan, A Case Against Euthanasia ; * Michael B. Gill, A Moral Defense of Oregon's Physician-Assisted Suicide Law ; 9. THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS ; Gaverick Matheny, Utilitarianism and Animals ; Tom Regan, Are Zoos Morally Defensible? ; Carl Cohen, Do Animals Have Rights? ; Mary Ann Warren, Human and Animal Rights Compared ; Jordan Curnutt, A New Argument for Vegetarianism ; 10. ABORTION ; Mary Ann Warren, On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion ; Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion ; * Patrick Lee and Robert P. George, The Wrong of Abortion ; Rosalind Hursthouse, Virtue Theory and Abortion ; Don Marquis, Why Abortion Is Immoral ; L. W. Sumner, A Moderate View ; 11. CLONING AND GENETIC ENHANCEMENT ; Leon R. Kass, Preventing Brave New World ; Gregory E. Pence, Will Cloning Harm People? ; Michael J. Sandel, The Case Against Perfection ; * Frances M. Kamm, Is There a Problem With Enhancement? ; * Peter Singer, Parental Choice and Human Improvement ; 12. THE DEATH PENALTY ; Stephen Nathanson, An Eye for an Eye? ; Ernest van den Haag, A Defense of the Death Penalty ; Jeffrey H. Reiman, Civilization, Safety, and Deterrence ; J. S. Liebman, J. Fagan, Valerie West, and Jonathan Lloyd, Capital Attrition: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995 ; 13. WAR, TERRORISM, AND TORTURE ; * David Rodin, The Problem With Prevention ; * Walter Sinnott-Armstong, Preventive War : What's It Good For? ; * Michael Walzer, Terrorism: A Critique of Excuses ; * Andrew Valls, Can Terrorism Be Justified? ; Alan M. Dershowitz, Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist be Tortured? ; * Marcia Baron, The Ticking Bomb Hypothetical ; 14. WORLD HUNGER AND POVERTY ; Garrett Hardin, Living on a Lifeboat ; Peter Singer, The Life You Can Save ; John Arthur, World Hunger and Moral Obligation ; Amartya Sen, Property and Hunger ; Onora O'Neill, A Kantian Approach to World Hunger ; 15. THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSUMPTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE ; William F. Baxter, People or Penguins? The Case for Optimal Pollution ; Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic ; Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving the Natural Environment ; Peter Wenz, Synergistic Environmental Virtues: Consumerism and Human Flourishing ; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, It's Not My Fault: Global Warming and Individual Moral Obligations ; Bjorn Lomborg, Let's Keep Our Cool about Global Warming ; IA GLOSSARY