| Contents |
|
| Preface |
ix |
| Part I. PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION |
|
| Introduction |
2 |
| Richard Wasserstrom: Rights, Human Rights, and Racial Discrimination |
7 |
| Betty Roszak: Women's Liberation |
25 |
| Ann Dummett: Racism and Sexism, A False Analogy |
36 |
| George Sher: Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment |
48 |
| United States Supreme Court: University Of California v. Bakke |
60 |
| Petter Singer: Animal Liberation |
83 |
| Suggestions for Futher Reading |
101 |
| Part II. ABORTION AND FETAL RESEARCH |
|
| Introduction |
104 |
| United States Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade |
109 |
| Richard Wasserstrom: The status of the Fetus |
118 |
| Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion |
130 |
| R. M. Hare: Arbotion and the Golden Rule |
151 |
| Maggie Scarf: The Fetus as Guinea Pig |
174 |
| National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects: Guidelines for Fetal Research |
192 |
| Petter Singer: Fetal Research |
197 |
| Suggestions for Futher Reading |
203 |
| Part III. POVERTY AND HUGER |
|
| Introduction |
206 |
| Joel Feinberg: Justice and Economic Income |
211 |
| Milton Friedman: Capitalism and Freedom |
226 |
| Bernard Gendron: Capitalism and Poverty |
243 |
| Petter Singer: Famine, Affluence, and Morality |
263 |
| Garrett Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the poor |
279 |
| Nick Eberstadt: Myths of the Food Crisis |
292 |
| Suggestions for Futher Reading |
312 |
| Part IV. PUNISHMENT |
|
| Introduction |
314 |
| R. S. Downie: The Justification of Punishment |
321 |
| American Friends Service Committee: Ctritique of Rehabilitation |
332 |
| Victor H. Evjen: Against Capital Punishment |
346 |
| Jacques Barzun: In Favor of Capital Purnsihment |
353 |
| United States Supreme Court: Gregg v. Georgia |
365 |
| Suggestions for Futher Reading |
374 |
| Part V. WAR |
|
| Introduction |
376 |
| Joseph McKenna: The Just War |
382 |
| G. E. M. Anscombe: War and Murder |
393 |
| Jan Narveson: Pacifism: A Philosophical Analysis |
408 |
| Douglas Lackey: Ethics and Nuclear Deterrence |
426 |
| Suggestions for Futher Reading |
442 |
| Part VI. DEATH, SUICIDE, AND EUTHANASIA |
|
| Introduction |
444 |
| Thomas Nagel: Death |
449 |
| Richard Brandt: The Morality and Rationality of Suicide |
460 |
| James Rachels: Active and Passive Euthanasia |
490 |
| A. D. Woozley: Euthanasia and The Principle of Harm |
498 |
| Suggestions for Futher Reading |
507 |