Moral Issues in Global Perspective: Moral and Political Theory

316 Pages·2006·1.31 MB·English

by  Christine Koggel

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Moral Issues
in Global Perspective
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Moral Issues
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second edition
Volume III: Moral Issues
edited by
Christine M. Koggel
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©2006 Christine M. Koggel
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Contents: v. 1. Moral and political theory — v. 2. Human diversity and equality — v. 3. Moral issues.
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Contents
Preface xi
CHAPTER ONE: REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Introduction 1
Why Abortion is Immoral 5
Don Marquis
Sensationalized Philosophy: AReply to Marquis’s “Why Abortion is Immoral” 15
Ann E. Cudd
The Importance of Ontology for Feminist Policy-Making in the Realm of Reproductive
Technology 18
Susan Sherwin
In New Tests for Fetal Defects, Agonizing Choices for Parents 31
Amy Harmon
AHistory of Governmentally Coerced Sterilization: The Plight of the Native American
Woman 37
Michael Sullivan DeFine
Reproductive Health and Research Ethics: Hot Issues in Argentina 45
Florencia Luna
Study Questions 52
Suggested Readings 53
CHAPTER TWO: EUTHANASIA, ASSISTED SUICIDE, AND HEALTH CARE
Introduction 55
Equality and Efficiency as Basic Social Values 58
Michael Stingl
Euthanasia: The Way We Do It, The Way They Do It 69
Margaret Battin
The Instability of the Standard Justification for Physician-Assisted Suicide 80
Thomas A. Cavanaugh
Unspeakable Conversations 86
Harriet McBryde Johnson
Dementia, Critical Interests, and Euthanasia 98
Nathan Brett
Study Questions 111
Suggested Readings 112
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CHAPTER THREE: PORNOGRAPHY AND HATE SPEECH
Introduction 113
Women and Pornography 117
Ronald Dworkin
Feminist Anti-Pornography Struggles: Not the Church, But Maybe the State 127
Marvin Glass
Morality, Censorship, and Discrimination: Reframing the Pornography Debate in Germany and
Europe 137
Heather MacRae
ARelational Critique of the Right to Privacy: The Case of Pornography and the Internet 153
Alison Minea and Christine M. Koggel
Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim’s Story 166
Mari J. Matsuda
Study Questions 182
Suggested Readings 183
CHAPTER FOUR: ANIMAL RIGHTS
Introduction 185
All Animals are Equal ... 188
Peter Singer
The Case for Animal Rights 199
Tom Regan
Vegetarianism and Virtue: Does Consequentialism Demand too Little? 208
Nathan Nobis
Your Daughter or Your Dog? AFeminist Assessment of the Animal Research Issue 221
Deborah Slicer
The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic 233
J. Baird Callicott
Study Questions 246
Suggested Readings 247
CHAPTER FIVE: THE ENVIRONMENT
Introduction 249
Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: AThird World
Critique 253
Ramachandra Guha
Moving Beyond Anthropocentrism: Environmental Ethics, Development, and the
Amazon 263
Eric Katz and Lauren Oechsli
Development and Environmentalism 272
Robin Attfield
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Maori Environmental Virtues 283
John Patterson
On Environmental Law 293
Michael Traynor
Study Questions 297
Suggested Readings 298
Acknowledgements 299
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