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What's Wrong? : Applied Ethicists and Their Critics

ISBN: 9780195167610 | 0195167619
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/4/2004

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SummaryTable of Contents
What's Wrong?: Applied Ethicists and Their Critics is a thorough and engaging introduction to applied ethics that covers virtually all of the issues in the field. Featuring more than ninety-five articles, it addresses standard topics--such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, worldhunger, and animal rights--and also delves into cutting-edge areas like cloning, racial profiling, same-sex marriage, prostitution, and slave reparations. The volume includes seminal essays by prominent philosophers (Robert Nozick, James Rachels, Peter Singer,... MORE
Acknowledgmentsxv
Introduction: What's Wrong with Arguing?1(24)
Part 1 What'S Wrong with Killing?
25(140)
... MORE
Is Killing in War Wrong?
Fullinwider and His Critics
27(8)
``War and Innocence''
31(4)
Robert K. Fullinwider
Critics
``Self-Defense and the Killing of Noncombatants: A Reply to Fullinwider''
35(4)
Lawrence A. Alexander
Is Euthanasia Wrong?
Rachels and His Critics
39(9)
``Active and Passive Euthanasia''
44(4)
James Rachels
Critics
``Is Killing No Worse Than Letting Die?''
48(3)
Winston Nesbitt
``Killing, Letting Die, and the Bare Difference Argument''
51(4)
Roy W. Perrett
``The Additive Fallacy''
55(7)
Shelly Kagan
``Killing and Letting Die: From Bare Differences to Clear Differences''
62(3)
Graham Oddie
Is Abortion Wrong?
Marquis and His Critics
65(12)
``Why Abortion Is Immoral''
68(9)
Don Marquis
Critics
``Abortion and the Neo-Natal Right to Life: A Critique of Marquis's Futurist Argument''
77(6)
Gerald H. Paske
``Killing, Abortion, and Contraception: A Reply to Marquis''
83(7)
Alastair Norcross
``Does a Fetus Already Have a Future-Like-Ours?''
90(2)
Peter K. McInerney
Thomson and Her Critics
92(13)
``A Defense of Abortion''
95(10)
Judith Jarvis Thomson
Critics
``Thomson on Abortion''
105(3)
Baruch Brody
``Arguments from Bodily Rights: A Critical Analysis''
108(7)
Francis J. Beckwith
Is Infanticide Wrong?
Tooley and His Critics
115(17)
``Abortion and Infanticide''
119(13)
Michael Tooley
Critics
``Infanticide and the Right to Life''
132(4)
Alan Carter
``Must the Bearer of a Right Have the Concept of That to Which He Has a Right?''
136(5)
John C. Stevens
Is Killing Nonhuman Animals Wrong?
Regan and His Critics
141(10)
``The Case for Animal Rights''
144(7)
Tom Regan
Critics
``On a Case for Animal Rights''
151(7)
Jan Narveson
``Why Animals Lack Beliefs and Desires''
158(2)
R. G. Frey
``The Case Against Animal Rights''
160(2)
R. G. Frey
``Rights''
162(3)
Alan White
Part 2 What'S Wrong with Sex?
165(114)
Is Homosexuality Wrong?
Levin and His Critics
167(23)
``Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal''
171(19)
Michael Levin
Critics
``Homosexuality and Nature: Happiness and the Law at Stake''
190(8)
Timothy F. Murphy
Is ``Outing'' Homosexuals Wrong?
Mohr and His Critics
198(5)
``The Case for Outing''
201(2)
Richard D. Mohr
Critics
``Outing, Ethics, and Politics: A Reply to Mohr''
203(1)
James S. Stramel
``Privacy and the Ethics of Outing''
204(3)
David J. Mayo
Martin Gunderson
Is Adultery Wrong?
Wasserstrom and His Critics
207(16)
``Is Adultery Immoral?''
215(8)
Richard Wasserstrom
Critics
``What's Really Wrong with Adultery''
223(4)
Michael J. Wreen
``Adultery''
227(4)
Bonnie Steinbock
``What's Wrong with Adultery?''
231(8)
Don Marquis
Is Antioch's ``Sexual Offense Policy'' Wrong?
Soble and His Critics
239(11)
``Antioch's ''Sexual Offense Policy': A Philosophical Exploration``
241(9)
Alan Soble
Critics
``Ah! My Foolish Heart: A Reply to Soble's `Antioch's ''Sexual Offense Policy``: A Philosophical Exploration' ''
250(5)
Eva Feder Kittay
Is Prostitution Wrong?
Ericsson and His Critics
255(14)
``Charges Against Prostitution: An Attempt at a Philosophical Assessment''
258(11)
Lars O. Ericsson
Critics
``Defending Prostitution: Charges Against Ericsson''
269(3)
Carole Pateman
``Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution?''
272(2)
Laurie Shrage
``Prostitution, Exploitation, and Taboo''
274(5)
Karen Green
Part 3 What'S Wrong with the Family?
279(92)
Is Neglecting One's Parents Wrong?
English and Her Critics
281(8)
``What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?''
285(4)
Jane English
Critics
``Can Parents and Children Be Friends?''
289(6)
Joseph Kupfer
``The Friendship Model of Filial Obligations''
295(10)
Nicholas Dixon
Is the Traditional Family Wrong?
Sommers and Her Critics
305(16)
``Philosophers Against the Family''
310(11)
Christina Hoff Sommers
Critics
``'They Lived Happily Ever After': Sommers on Women and Marriage''
321(6)
Marilyn Friedman
``The Ties That Bind: Duties to Family Members''
327(10)
Claudia Mills
Is Licensing Parents Wrong?
LaFollette and His Critics
337(11)
``Licensing Parents''
340(8)
Hugh LaFollette
Critics
``On Licentious Licensing: A Reply to Hugh LaFollette''
348(4)
Lawrence E. Frisch
``Parent Licensing''
352(3)
Pierre Lemieux
Is Same-Sex Marriage Wrong?
Jordan and His Critics
355(12)
``Is It Wrong to Discriminate on the Basis of Homosexuality?''
358(9)
Jeff Jordan
Critics
``Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement''
367(3)
David Boonin
``Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality''
370(1)
Andrew Sullivan
Part 4 What'S Wrong with Race Relations?
371(98)
Is Affirmative Action Wrong?
Thomson and Her Critics
373(15)
``Preferential Hiring''
377(11)
Judith Jarvis Thomson
Critics
``Preferential Hiring: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson''
388(5)
Robert Simon
Are Reparations for Slavery Wrong?
Horowitz and His Critics
393(5)
``Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks Is a Bad Idea for Blacks---and Racist, Too!''
395(3)
David Horowitz
Critics
Jr., ``Ten Reasons: A Response to David Horowitz''
398(6)
Robert Chrisman
Ernest Allen
``America's Debt to Blacks''
404(2)
Randall Robinson
Is a White Musician Playing the Blues Wrong?
Rudinow and His Critics
406(11)
``Race, Ethnicity, Expressive Authenticity: Can White People Sing the Blues?''
409(8)
Joel Rudinow
Critics
``. . . So Black and Blue: Response to Rudinow''
417(4)
Paul Taylor
``Reply to Taylor''
421(2)
Joel Rudinow
Is Racial Profiling Wrong?
Levin and His Critics
423(27)
``Responses to Race Differences in Crime''
427(23)
Michael Levin
Critics
``On Michael Levin's `Responses to Race Differences in Crime'''
450(5)
Chana Berniker Cox
``Statistical Badness''
455(11)
Laurence Thomas
``Race and Crime: A Response to Michael Levin and Laurence Thomas''
466(3)
Louis P. Pojman
Part 5 What'S Wrong with Commerce?
469(88)
Is Failing to Divest from Immoral Companies Wrong?
Cahn and His Critics
471(4)
``A Puzzle Concerning Divestiture''
474(1)
Steven M. Cahn
Critics
``The Divestiture Puzzle Dissolved''
475(1)
Roger A. Shiner
``Morally Acceptable Divestiture''
476(1)
Kerry S. Walters
``The Point in Principled Divestiture''
477(1)
Saul Smilansky
Is Insider Trading Wrong?
Werhane and Her Critics
478(7)
``The Ethics of Insider Trading''
481(4)
Patricia H. Werhane
Critics
``Insider Trading Revisited''
485(4)
Deryl W. Martin
Jeffrey H. Peterson
Is Marketing Human Organs Wrong?
Chadwick and Her Critics
489(11)
``The Market for Bodily Parts: Kant and Duties to Oneself''
492(8)
Ruth F. Chadwick
Critics
``The Market for Bodily Parts: A Response to Ruth Chadwick''
500(6)
G. V. Tadd
``The Morality of a Free Market for Transplant Organs''
506(8)
Mark T. Nelson
Is Commercial Surrogate Motherhood Wrong?
Anderson and Her Critics
514(10)
``Is Women's Labor a Commodity?''
517(7)
Elizabeth S. Anderson
Critics
``Commodification and Commercial Surrogacy''
524(5)
Richard J. Arneson
``Two Questions About Surrogacy and Exploitation''
529(3)
Alan Wertheimer
Is Failing to Contribute to Famine Relief Wrong?
Singer and His Critics
532(12)
``Famine, Affluence, and Morality''
537(7)
Peter Singer
Critics
``World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case Against Singer''
544(4)
John Arthur
``Famine, Affluence, and Empathy''
548(9)
Michael Slote
Part 6 What'S Wrong with the State?
557(136)
Is Redistributive Taxation Wrong?
Nozick and His Critics
559(15)
``Distributive Justice''
564(10)
Robert Nozick
Critics
``The Entitlement Theory of Distributive Justice''
574(8)
Alan H. Goldman
``Redistributive Taxation, Self-Ownership, and the Fruit of Labour''
582(8)
Mark A. Michael
Is Capital Punishment Wrong?
van den Haag and His Critics
590(9)
``Refuting Reiman and Nathanson''
593(6)
Ernest van den Haag
Critics
``Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag''
599(7)
Jeffrey H. Reiman
``Does It Matter If the Death Penalty Is Arbitrarily Administered?''
606(9)
Stephen Nathanson
Is All Punishment Wrong?
Barnett and His Critics
615(18)
``Restitution: A New Paradigm of Criminal Justice''
618(15)
Randy E. Barnett
Critics
``Restitution and Punishment: A Reply to Barnett''
633(2)
Franklin G. Miller
``Criminal Remedies: Restitution, Punishment, or Both?''
635(1)
Roger Pilon
``Criminal Justice and Private Enterprise''
636(2)
Stanley S. Kleinberg
Is a Government Ban on Tobacco Wrong?
Goodin and His Critics
638(17)
``No Smoking''
642(13)
Robert Goodin
Critics
``Smoking Tobacco: Irrationality, Addiction, and Paternalism''
655(11)
Daniel Shapiro
``Addiction and the Value of Freedom''
666(14)
Graham Oddie
Is a Government Ban on Cloning Wrong?
Kass and His Critics
680(6)
``Preventing a Brave New World''
682(4)
Leon R. Kass
Critics
``Uniqueness, Individuality, and Human Cloning''
686(2)
David Elliott
``An Argument for Limited Human Cloning''
688(5)
David B. Hershenov
Part 7 What Else is Wrong?
693(49)
Is Inheriting Wealth Wrong?
694(21)
``Is Inheritance Justified?''
697(18)
D. W. Haslett
Is Criminalizing Blackmail Wrong?
715(10)
``The Crime of Blackmail: A Libertarian Critique''
716(9)
Walter Block
Is Punishing People for Bad Luck Wrong?
725(9)
``The Punishment That Leaves Something to Chance''
729(5)
David Lewis
Is Refusing to Work Wrong?
734(6)
``The Obligation to Work''
736(4)
Lawrence C. Becker
Is Copying This Book Wrong?
740(2)
``In Defense of Copying''
742
Selmer Bringsjord

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