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Preface
The Nature of Morality
Objectivity, Relativism, and Self-Interest	p. 1
The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn	p. 1
Does Morality Depend on Religion?	p. 9
Relativism in Ethics	p. 16
Morality and Rational Self-Interest	p. 20
Classical Readings	p. 28
Virtue and Happiness	p. 28
Morality as Mutual Agreement	p. 35
The Categorical Imperative	p. 44
Utilitarianism	p. 53
Contemporary Perspectives	p. 62
Contractualism and Utilitarianism	p. 62
Feminism and Moral Theory	p. 72
Issues of Life and Death
Property and Starvation	p. 85
The State of Nature and the Right to Property	p. 85
Rich and Poor	p. 92
Survival on a Lifeboat: The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens	p. 98
War, Punishment, and the Law	p. 103
On the Morality of War: A Preliminary Inquiry	p. 103
Executions	p. 113
Desert and Capital Punishment	p. 120
Crito	p. 129
The Problem of the Grudge Informer	p. 134
The Death Penalty: Gregg v. Georgia	p. 139
Euthanasia and Medical Care	p. 148
An Alternative to the Ethic of Euthanasia	p. 148
Active and Passive Euthanasia	p. 154
Defective Newborns and the Morality of Termination	p. 158
Aging and the Ends of Medicine	p. 166
Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth: Berman v. Allen	p. 173
Removing Life-Support Systems: Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health	p. 178
Abortion and Infanticide	p. 187
A Defense of Abortion	p. 187
Opposition to Abortion: A Human Rights Approach	p. 195
Abortion and Infanticide	p. 204
Tooley on Infanticide	p. 213
Abortion Rights Protected: Roe v. Wade	p. 216
The Value of Life: People, Animals, and the Environment	p. 222
People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution	p. 222
All Animals Are Equal	p. 227
Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair	p. 236
Personal Relationships
Love, Sex, and Marriage	p. 253
Sex and Marriage	p. 253
Pornography and Respect for Women	p. 258
Gay Basics: Some Questions, Facts, and Values	p. 266
Is Adultery Immoral?	p. 276
My Husband's Nine Wives: Polygamy Is Good Feminism	p. 284
Divorce and the Illusion of Equality	p. 286
Homosexuality and the Right to Privacy: Bowers v. Hardwick	p. 296
Parents and Children	p. 304
Artificial Means of Reproduction and Our Understanding of the Family	p. 304
Surrogate Motherhood as Prenatal Adoption	p. 314
Selling Babies	p. 323
Licensing Parents	p. 329
What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?	p. 337
Fitness to Teach: Pettit v. State Board of Education	p. 342
Who Controls a Child's Education?: Wisconsin v. Yoder	p. 347
Social and Political Relationships
Liberty and Paternalism	p. 353
On Liberty	p. 353
The Ethics of Addiction: An Argument in Favor of Letting Americans Take Any Drug They Want	p. 370
Requiring Medical Treatment: JFK Memorial Hospital v. Heston	p. 378
Diversity, Rights, and Community	p. 382
What's All the Fuss About This Postmodernist Stuff?	p. 382
The Value of the Canon	p. 389
Prohibiting Racist Speech on Campus: A Debate	p. 398
Political Correctness, Speech Codes, and Diversity	p. 404
Taking Rights Seriously	p. 406
Civil Disobedience and the Social Contract	p. 414
Is Patriotism a Virtue?	p. 424
Mandatory Flag Salutes: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnett	p. 432
Nazi Marches: Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party	p. 437
Public Education and Religious Fundamentalism: Smith v. Board of Education	p. 440
Race, Gender, and the Ideal of Equality	p. 445
The Subjection of Women	p. 445
On Racism and Sexism: Realities and Ideals	p. 453
Desire and Power	p. 468
The Feminist Revelation	p. 479
Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans: Korematsu v. United States	p. 493
Sexual Harassment: Ellison v. Brady	p. 499
Affirmative Action	p. 505
What People Deserve	p. 505
The Rights of Allan Bakke	p. 515
Affirmative Racism	p. 523
Affirmative Action in Universities: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke	p. 531
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