Christopher H. Wellman Andrew Cohen Andrew I. Cohen
Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today.
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.
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Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today....
What makes a policy work? What should policies attempt to do, and what ought they not do? These questions are at the heart of both policy-making and ethics. Philosophy, Ethics and Public Policy: An Introduction examines these questions and more. Andrew I. Cohen uses contemporary examples and controversies, mainly drawn from policy in a North American context, to illustrate important flashpoints in ethics and public policy, such as:
public policy and globalization: sweatshops; medicine and the developing world; immigration
marriage, family...
What makes a policy work? What should policies attempt to do, and what ought they not do? These questions are at the heart of both policy-ma...
What makes a policy work? What should policies attempt to do, and what ought they not do? These questions are at the heart of both policy-making and ethics. Philosophy, Ethics and Public Policy: An Introduction examines these questions and more. Andrew I. Cohen uses contemporary examples and controversies, mainly drawn from policy in a North American context, to illustrate important flashpoints in ethics and public policy, such as:
public policy and globalization: sweatshops; medicine and the developing world; immigration
marriage, family...
What makes a policy work? What should policies attempt to do, and what ought they not do? These questions are at the heart of both policy-ma...
