Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics [Hardcover]

• Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in applied ethics
  
• Topics addressed include abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy in civil society, values in nature, and world hunger.
  
• Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion.
  
• Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in applied ethics, whilst also capturing the imagination of professional philosophers.

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction.

Abortion.

1. The Wrong of Abortion, Patrick Lee (Franciscan University of Steubenville) and Robert P. George (Princeton University).

2. The Moral Permissibility of Abortion, Margaret Olivia Little (Georgetown University).

Affirmative Action.

3. A Defense of Affirmative Action, Albert Mosley (Smith College).

4. Preferential Policies Have Become Toxic, Celia Wolf-Devine (Stonehill College) Animals.

5. Empty Cages: Animals Rights and Vivisection, Tom Regan (North Carolina State University).

6. Animals and Their Medical Use, R. G. Frey (Bowling Green State University).

Capital Punishment.

7. A Defense of the Death Penalty, Louis P. Pojman (U.S. Military Academy).

8. Why We Should Put the Death Penalty to Rest, Stephen Nathanson (Northeastern University).