Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethics. Offers state of the art accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and business ethics. Written by major philosophers presently engaged with these complex and profound ethical issues. . Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in years. This title offers a guide to many significant problems of practical ethics. It offers accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and business ethics. Notes on Contributors ix Preface xvii 1 The Nature of Applied Ethics 1(16) Tom L. Beauchamp 2 Theories of Ethics 17(21) Stephen L. Darwall 3 Property Rights and Welfare Redistribution 38(12) Jeremy Waldron 4 Civil Disobedience and the Duty to Obey the Law 50(12) A. John Simmons 5 Capitalism and Marxism 62(13) Richard W. Miller 6 State Punishment and the Death Penalty 75(14) David Dolinko 7 Racism 89(13) Michele Moody-Adams 8 Sexism 102(16) Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones 9 Affirmative Action 118(10) Bernard Boxill and Jan Boxill 10 The Legal Enforcement of Morality 128(14) Larry Alexander 11 Hate Crimes, Literature, and Speech 142(12) L.W. Sumner 12 Pornography and Censorship 154(13) Lori Gruen 13 Dirty Hands 167(13) Gerald F. Gaus 14 Sexual Ethics 180(12) Alan H. Goldman 15 Gun Control 192(18) Lance Stell 16 Citizenship 210(14) Wayne Norman and Will Kymlicka 17 Immigration 224(14) Michael Blake 18 World Hunger 238(16) Hugh LaFollette 19 War and Terrorism 254(13) C.A.J. Coady 20 Nationalism and Secession 267(12) Christopher Heath Wellman 21 Intergenerational Justice 279(16) Clark Wolf 22 Bioethics 295(18) Margaret P. Battin 23 Abortion 313(13) Margaret Olivia Little 24 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide 326(16) Michael Tooley 25 Reproductive Technology 342(14) John D. Arras 26 Genetic Engineering 356(13) Dan W. Brock 27 Surrogate Motherhood 369(13) Rosemarie Tong 28 Cloning 382(14) John Harris 29 Allocation of Medical Resources 396(14) H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr and Ana Smith Iltis 30 Experimentation on Human Subjects 410(14) Patrick Boleyn-Fitzgerald 31 Disability 424(15) Leslie Pickering Francis 32 Moral Status 439(12) Mary Anne Warren 33 Killing and Letting Die 451(13) Alastair Norcross 34 The Doctrine of Double Effect 464(11) R.G. Prey 35 Bad Samaritans, Acts, and Omissions 475(12) Patricia Smith 36 Moral Dilemmas 487(11) N. Ann Davis 37 Education 498(14) Amy Gutmann 38 Personal Relationships 512(13) Lawrence A. Blum 39 Animals 525(12) Jeff McMahan 40 Business Ethics 537(15) Patricia H. Werhane and R. Edward Freeman 41 Corporate Responsibility 552(18) R. Edward Freeman and Patricia H. Werhane 42 Whistle-blowing 570(13) Terrance McConnell 43 Professional Ethics 583(14) David Luban 44 Media Ethics 597(11) Judith Lichtenberg 45 Computer Ethics 608(12) Deborah G. Johnson 46 Engineering Ethics 620(13) Michael S. Pritchard 47 Environmental Ethics 633(17) Andrew Light 48 Values in Nature 650(12) Dale Jamieson 49 The Tragedy of the Commons 662(12) David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott 50 Global Warming 674(11) Robert Hood Index 685