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Morality and Moral Controversies

by: Arthur, John

Morality and Moral Controversies

by: Arthur, John

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9780139141287
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0139141286
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/1999
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

This comprehensive anthology includes carefully edited selections of the classics of moral and political philosophy, as well as important recent works in legal, political, and moral theory.

Preface to the Fifth Edition

vii

Part I. Moral Theory

(92)

1. Classical Theories of Morality

(40)

Killing on a Lifeboat: The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens

(5)

Nichomachean Ethics

Aristotle

Leviathan

(7)

Thomas Hobbes

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

(3)

David Hume

The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

(10)

Immanuel Kant

Utilitarianism

(8)

John Stuart Mill

2. Contemporary Perspectives

(24)

Intuitionism

(5)

W. D. Ross

Kant and Utilitarianism Contrasted

(5)

Onora O'Neill

Is Patriotism a Virtue?

(8)

Alasdair MacIntyre

Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory

(6)

Virginia Held

3. The Sources and Grounds of Morality

(28)

The Sources of Moral Ideas: Society, Custom and Sympathy

(3)

Edward Westermarck

The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn

(8)

Jonathan Bennett

Morality, Religion and Conscience

(8)

John Arthur

Trying Out One's New Sword

(4)

Mary Midgley

Ethics

(5)

Thomas Nagel

Part II. Issues of Life and Death

(144)

4. War and Capital Punishment

(37)

The Moral Equivalent of War

(6)

William James

On the Morality of War

100

(9)

Richard A. Wasserstrom

The Death Penalty: Gregg V. Georgia

109

(7)

Executions

116

(6)

Jonathan Glover

Desert and Capital Punishment

122

(9)

Martin Perlmutter

5. Animals and the Natural Environment

131

(35)

All Animals Are Equal

131

(10)

Peter Singer

Speciesism and the Idea of Equality

141

(7)

Bonnie Steinbock

People or Penguins

148

(4)

William F. Baxter

The Land Ethic

152

(14)

J. Baird Callicott

6. Abortion

166

(45)

The Constitutional Right to Abortion

166

(5)

Roe v. Wade

A Defense of Abortion

171

(9)

Judith Jarvis Thomson

On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion

180

(7)

Mary Anne Warren

An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong

187

(9)

Dan Marquis

Feminism and Abortion

196

(7)

Susan Sherwin

Fathers and Fetuses

203

(8)

George W. Harris

7. Euthanasia

211

(27)

Removing Life-Support Systems: Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health

211

(7)

Comparing Human Lives: The Archbishop and the Chambermaid

218

(1)

William Godwin

An Alternative to the Ethic of Euthanasia

219

(4)

Arthur J. Dyck

Active and Passive Euthanasia

223

(5)

James Rachels

Defective Newborns and the Morality of Termination

228

(10)

Richard B. Brandt

Part III. Political Relationships

238

(204)

8. Justice and Individual Rights

238

(26)

The Second Treatise of Government

238

(6)

John Locke

Of Justice

244

(3)

David Hume

Taking Rights Seriously

247

(6)

Ronald Dworkin

A Theory of Justice

253

(11)

John Rawls

9. Economic Inequality and Welfare

264

(59)

The Entitlement Theory

264

(9)

Robert Nozick

Rich and Poor

273

(7)

Peter Singer

Security, Welfare, and the Communal Provision

280

(18)

Michael Walzer

A Proposal for Public Welfare

298

(5)

Charles Murray

What People Deserve

303

(7)

James Rachels

Economic Reasoning and the Ethics of Policy

310

(56)

Thomas C. Schelling

10. Liberty, Paternalism, and Drugs

323

(36)

On Liberty

323

(9)

John Stuart Mill

Requiring Medical Treatment: JFK Memorial Hospital v. Heston

332

(3)

The Ethics of Addiction: An Argument in Favor of Letting Americans Take Any Drug They Want

335

(8)

Thomas Szasz

The Ethics of Smoking

343

(10)

Robert E. Goodin

Addiction and Drug Policy

353

(6)

Daniel Shapiro

11. Free Speech

359

(31)

Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion

359

(3)

John Stuart Mill

Flag Burning as Constitutionally Protected: Texas v. Johnson

362

(4)

Nazi Marches: Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party

366

(3)

Prohibiting Racist Speech on Campus: A Debate

369

(6)

Charles Lawrence

Gerald Gunther

Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look

375

(6)

Helen E. Longino

Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship

381

(5)

Mark R. Wicclair

Pornography: American Booksellers v. Hudnut

386

(4)

12. Affirmative Action

390

(24)

Affirmative Action in Universities: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

391

(4)

The Rights of Allan Bakke

395

(8)

Ronald Dworkin

Affirmative Racism

403

(7)

Charles Murray

Reverse Discrimination

410

(4)

James Rachels

13. Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law

414

(28)

Crito

414

(5)

Plato

Civil Disobedience and the Social Contract

419

(9)

John Rawls

On Not Prosecuting Civil Disobedience

428

(7)

Ronald Dworkin

The Problem of the Grudge Informer

435

(7)

Lon L. Fuller

Part IV. Social Relationships

442

(162)

14. Sex Equality

442

(39)

The Subjection of Women

442

(7)

John Stuart Mill

Harriet Taylor

Sexual Harassment: Ellison v. Brady

449

(5)

Sex Equality and Discrimination: Difference v. Dominance

454

(4)

Will Kymlicka

Freedom, Conditioning, and the Real Woman

458

(11)

Janet Radcliffe Richards

Feminists, Meet Mr. Darwin

469

(12)

Robert Wright

15. Sexual Relationships and Sexual Violence

481

(25)

Duties Toward the Body in Respect to Sexual Impulse

481

(4)

Immanuel Kant

Plain Sex

485

(8)

Alan H. Goldman

Date Rape: A Feminist Analysis

493

(8)

Lois Pineau

An Interview About Date Rape

501

(5)

Camille Paglia

16. The Family

506

(32)

Polygamy Is Good Feminism

506

(2)

Elizabeth Joseph

Surrogate Motherhood as Prenatal Adoption

508

(8)

Bonnie Steinbock

Selling Babies

516

(6)

Richard A. Posner

Licensing Parents

522

(7)

Hugh LaFollette

Who Controls a Child's Education?: Wisconsin V. Yoder

529

(4)

What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?

533

(5)

Jane English

17. Community, Identity, and Personal Privacy

538

(66)

On Racism and Sexism: Realities and Ideals

538

(11)

Richard A. Wasserstrom

Social Movements and the Politics of Difference

549

(13)

Iris Marion Young

Victims and Heroes in the "Benevolent State"

562

(7)

Clarence Thomas

The Encumbered Self

569

(9)

Michael J. Sandel

Feminism and Modern Friendship: Dislocating the Community

578

(11)

Marilyn Friedman

Concealment and Exposure

589

(15)

Thomas Nagel

Afterword: The Arc of the Moral Universe

604

Joshua Cohen

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