Applied Ethics:
Contemporary Moral Issues
Table of Contents
- Introductory Materials
- Part One. Matters of Life & Death
- Chapter 01. Designing Humans
- Chapter 02. Abortion & Contraception
- Chapter 03. Euthanasia & End-of-Life
- Chapter 04. Punishment & the Death Penalty
- Chapter 05. War & Terrorism
- *Nancy Sherman, “Soldiers’ Moral Wounds”
- An Introduction to the Moral Issues
- Michael Walzer, “The Argument about Humanitarian Intervention.”
- *Stephen L. Carter, “Torture Can Be Wrong and Still Work”
- Alan M. Dershowitz, “Is There a Tortuous Road to Justice?”
- Martin Cook, “Ethical Issues in Counterterrorism Warfare”
- Concluding Discussion Questions
- For Further Reading
- Part Two. Matters of Diversity & Equality
- Chapter 06. Race
- Gregory Velazco y Trianosky, “Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America.”
- An Introduction to the Moral Issues
- Howard McGary, “Achieving Democratic Equality: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Reparations.”
- David A. Reidy, “Hate Crimes Laws: Progressive Politics or Balkanization?”
- Concluding Discussion Questions
- For Further Reading
- Chapter 07. Gender
- Chapter 08. Sexual Orientation
- *Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day.”
- AnIntroduction to the Ethical Issues
- *Martha Nussbaum, “A Right to Marry? Same—sex Marriage and Constitutional Law."
- James Q. Wilson, “Against Homosexual Marriage.”
- Concluding Discussion Questions
- For Further Reading
- Chapter 06. Race
- Part Three. Expanding the Circle of Morality
- Chaptyer 09. Living with Scarcity: World Hunger &Poverty
- Chapter 10. Living with Animals
- Chapter 11. Living in the Natural World
- *Edward O. Wilson, “Apocalypse Now. A Scientist’s Plea for Christian Environmentalism.”
- An Introduction to the Ethical Issues
- Holmes Rolston III, “Challenges in Environmental Ethics.”
- Peter S. Wenz, “Just Garbage.”
- Ramachandra Guha, “Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique.”
- Concluding Discussion Questions
- For Further Reading
- Chapter 12. Living in Cyberspace
- Joseph Menn, “Hackers Live by Own Code.”
- An Introduction to the Moral Issues
- *Luciano Floridi, “The Ethical Evaluation of WikiLeaks”
- James M. Moor, “Should We Let Computers Get Under Our Skins?”
- Frances S. Grodzinsky and Herman T. Tavani, “Ethical Reflections on Cyberstalking.”
- Richard A. Spinello, “Ethical Reflections on the Problem of Spam.”
- Concluding Materials
- *New to Fourth Edition