Preface for Instructors
Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Theorizing about Ethics
Reading Philosophy
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Part I
Life and Death
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1 Why Physicians Should Aid the Dying Gregory Pence [N]
2 Justifying Physician-Assisted Deaths Tom L. Beauchamp [N]
3 Rule Utilitarianism and Euthanasia Brad Hooker [N]
4 Dying at the Right Time: Reflections on (Un)assisted Suicide
John Hardwig [N]
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5 A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson
6 On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion Mary Anne Warren [R]
7 An Argument that Abortion is Wrong Don Marquis [N]
8 Redefining Abortion Barbara Katz Rothman
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All Animals Are Equal Peter Singer
The Moral Community Michael Allen Fox
Moral Standing, the Value of Lives, and Speciesism R. G. Frey
The Case for Animal Rights Tom Regan
Learning to See the Animals Again John P. Gluck [N]
The Personal Life
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14 What do Grown Children Owe their Parents? Jane English
15 Emotional Exploitation Sandra Lee Bartky [R]
16 The Priority of Personal Interests Bernard Williams
17 Morality, Parents, and Children James Rachels
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S18 What's Wrong with Rape Pamela Foa
19 Morality and Human Sexuality Vincent C. Punzo
20 Plain Sex Alan H. Goldman
21 Why Homosexuality is Abnormal Michael Levin
22 Homosexuality, Morals, and the Law of Nature Burton M. Leiser [N]
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23 Servility and Self-Respect Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
24 Generosity James D. Wallace
25 On Improving People by Political Means Lester H. Hunt
26 The Social Basis of Character: An Ecological Humanist Approach
Steven Fesmire [N]
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27 Freedom of Action John Stuart Mill
28 Against the Legalization of Drugs James Q Wilson
29 Taking Drugs Seriously: Liberal Paternalism and the
Rationality of Preferences Ann E. Cudd [R]
30 Permissible Paternalism: Saving Smokers from Themselves
Robert E. Goodin [R]
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Freedom of Thought and Discussion John Stuart Mill
Do We Have a Right to Pornography? Ronald Dworkin
Pornography, Speech Acts, and Silence Rae Langton [R]
Sticks and Stones John Arthur [N]
Speech Codes and Feminism Marilyn Friedman [R]
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36 Racisms Kwame Anthony Appiah
37 Oppression by Choice Ann E. Cudd [R]
38 Sexual Harassment Anita M. Superson
39 Date Rape Lois Pineau
40 Men in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape Larry May
and Robert Strikwerda [R]
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Affirmative Action
41 Affirmative Action Michael Levin
42 The Rights of Allan Bakke Ronald Dworkin
43 Affirmative Action as Equalizing Opportunity: Challenging the
Myth of "Preferential Treatment" Luke Charles Harris and
Uma Narayan [N]
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Part IV Justice
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44 Punishment and Desert James Rachels [N]
45 Two Concepts of Rules John Rawls
46 Repentance and Criminal Punishment Jeffrie G. Murphy
47 Making Hard Time Even Harder Lynn Pasquerella [N]
48 The Philosophy of State Compensation John Haldane and
Anthony Harvey [R]
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49 A Theory of Justice John Rawls
50 The Entitlement Theory of Justice Robert Nozick
51 Displacing the Distributive Paradigm Iris Marion Young
52 Property Rights, Economic Inequalities, and International
Obligations Clark Wolf [N]
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Hunger and International Justice
Free Movement: If People were Money Robert Goodin [R]
Famine, Affluence, and Morality Peter Singer
Rights and the Duty to Bring Aid John Arthur
Hunger, Capability, and Development David A. Crocker
Feeding People versus Saving Nature? Holmes Rolston III [R]
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58 The Land EtHic Aldo Leopold
59 Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric
Environmental Ethics James P. Sterba [R]
60 The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism Karen
J. Warren
61 Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair J. Baird Callicott
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