Preface for Instructors
Acknowledgments [R]
General Introduction [R]
Theorizing about Ethics [R]
Reading Philosophy [R]
Writing a Philosophy Paper [R]
Basics of Argumentation [R]
KEY: N – New to this edition; R – Revised for this edition; W — Written for EIP
Part I Ethical Theory
1. Consequentialism [W]
William H. Shaw
2. Deontology [W]
David McNaughton and Piers Rawling
3. Rights [W]
George W. Rainbolt
5. Epistemic Vices, Virtues, and Ethical Reasoning [N & W]
Quassim Cassam
6. Pragmatic Ethics [N & R]
Hugh LaFollette
Part II Death, Life, and, and Moral Status
Euthanasia
7a. For Now I Have My Death (WP Op-ed)
Paul Woodruff
7. Justifying Physician-Assisted Deaths [W]
Tom L. Beauchamp
9. Physician-Assisted Deaths: Policy Choices
Ronald Lindsey
10. Dying at the Right Time: Reflections on (Un)Assisted Suicide [W]
John Hardwig
11. For Now Have I My Death’: The ‘Duty to Die’ Versus the Duty to Help the Ill Stay Alive.
Felicia Ackerman
Abortion
12. Defense of Abortion
Judith Jarvis Thomson
13. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
Mary Anne Warren
14. An Argument that Abortion is Wrong [W]
Don Marquis
15. Virtue Theory and Abortion
Rosalind Hursthouse
16. “Public Reason: Post Dobbs [N & W]
Leonard Fleck
Animals
17. All Animals are Equal
Peter Singer
18. Moral Standing, the Value of Lives, and Speciesism
R. G. Frey
19. The Case for Animal Rights
Tom Regan
20. The Vegetarian Imperative [W]
Michael Allen Fox
Biomedical Technologies
21. Is Women’s Labor a Commodity?
Elizabeth S. Anderson
22. “Neural Implants” [N & W]
Maximillian Kiener and Thomas Douglas
23. “Germline Gene Editing” [N & W]
Chris Gyngell
24. Cognitive Enhancement [R]
Jonathan Pugh
Environment
25. The Value of Nature
Ronald Sandler
26. A Place for Cost-Benefit Analysis
David Schmidtz
27. Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments
Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
28. “A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics, and the Problem of Moral Corruption”
Stephen M. Gardiner
29. Greed and the Environment [N & W]
Elaine Englehardt and Michael Pritchard
Part III Liberty and Equality
Paternalism and Risk
30. Freedom of Action
John Stuart Mill
31.Against the Legalization of Drugs
James Q. Wilson
32. Why We Should Decriminalize Drug Use [R]
Douglas Husak
33. The Liberal Basis of the Right to Bear Arms
Todd C. Hughes and Lester H. Hunt
34, Gun Control
Hugh LaFollette
Free Speech
35. Freedom of Thought and Discussion
John Stuart Mill
36.The Price We Pay?” Pornography and Harm
Susan J. Brison
37. The Right to Get Turned On: Pornography, Autonomy, Equality
Andrew Altman
38. Sticks and Stones [W]
John Arthur
39. Speech Codes and Expressive Harm [W]
Andrew Altman
Discrimination, Racism, and Sexism
40.Racism as an Ethical Issue [W]
Michele Moody-Adams
41.Serviliy and Self-Respect
Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
42. Implicit Bias, Awareness, and Moral Responsibility [R]
Alex Madva
43.Affirmative Action as Equalizing Opportunity: Challenging the Myth of “Preferential Treatment [W]
Luke Charles Harris and Uma Narayan
44. Sexual Harassment
Jennifer Saul
45. Men in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape
Larry May and Robert Strikwerda
46. Ideals of Respect: Identity, Dignity and Disability [W]
Adam Cureton
Religion, Conscience, and the State
47. Resolving Conflicts between Religious Liberty and Other Values
Mark R.Wicclair
48. Religious Conviction, Parental Authority, and Children’s Interests
Christopher Meyers [W]
49. Gay Rights and Religious Accommodation
Andrew Koppleman [W]
50.Conscientious Objection in Medicine
Mark R. Wicclair
51. My Conscience May Be My Guide, but You May not Have to Honor It
Hugh LaFollett
Part IV Justice
Punishment
52. Prolegomenon to the Principles of Punishment [N]
H.L.A. Hart
53. Does Punishment Work? [W & R]
John Paul Wright, Francis T. Cullen, and Kevin M. Beaver
54. Criminal Sentencing
Douglas Husak [N & W]
55. Just Deserts in an Unjust Society
Stuart P. Green
56. To Protect and Serve — Policing of Minorities
John Kleinig
Economic Justice
57. A Theory of Justice
John Rawls
58. The Entitlement Theory of Justice
Robert Nozick
59. Benefitting from Injustice [W]
Daniel Butt
60. Bleeding Heart Libertarian View of Inequality
Andrew Jason Cohen
Global Justice
61. Refugees and the Right to Control Immigration [W]
Christopher Heath Wellman
62. Case for Open Immigration
Chandran Kukathas
63. Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Peter Singer
64. Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral Code [W]
John Arthur
65. Eradicating Systemic Poverty: Brief for a Global Resources Dividend
Thomas W. Pogge
War and Torture
66. Just War and Moral Consistency
Jonathan Parry (University of Birmingham)
67. Pacifism: Reclaiming the Moral Presumption [W]
William J. Hawk
68. The Justifiability of Humanitarian Intervention
Charles R. Beitz
69. Assassination [N & W]
Adrian O’Connor
70. Terrorism and Torture [R]
Fritz Alhoff
71. Unthinking the Ticking Time Bomb
David Luban
Afterward
72. Moral Dilemmas and Moral Injury [N & W]
Paul Woodruff
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