| The History of Drug and Alcohol Use |
315 |
| Legal and Illegal Drugs |
317 |
| Drug and Alcohol Use Today |
318 |
| Drug and Alcohol Use among College Students |
319 |
| Drugs in Sports |
320 |
| The Disease Model of Addiction |
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| The Moral Model of Addiction |
321 |
| The Philosophers on Drug and Alcohol Abuse |
322 |
| Moral Issues |
322 |
| Conclusion |
326 |
| Thomas Szasz, ‘The Ethics of Addiction” |
327 |
| James Q. Wilson, “Against the Legalization of Drugs” |
335 |
| Douglas N. Husak, “A Moral Right to Use Drugs” |
343 |
| Thomas H. Murray, “Drugs, Sports, and Ethics” |
351 |
| Case Studies |
358 |
| Chapter 8: Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage |
364 |
| Background and Key Terms |
364 |
| Religious and Cultural Attitudes Toward Homosexuality |
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| Homosexuality, the Law, and Same-Sex Marriage |
367 |
| The Disease Model of Homosexuality |
370 |
| Hate Crimes |
372 |
| The Philosophers on Homosexuality |
373 |
| Moral Issues |
374 |
| Conclusion |
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| Michael Ruse, “Is Homosexuality Bad Sexuality?” |
378 |
| John M. Finnis, “Law, Morality, and ‘Sexual Orientation’” |
385 |
| Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff, “The Case for Gay Marriage” |
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| Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, “Marriage’s True Ends” |
397 |
| Cheshire Calhoun, “Family’s Outlaws: |
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| Rethinking the Connections Between Feminism, Lesbianism, and the Family” |
400 |
| Case Studies |
406 |
| Freedom of Speech |
413 |
| What Is “Freedom of Speech?” |
413 |
| Limitations on Freedom of Speech |
414 |
| The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
415 |
| Freedom of Speech in Cyberspace |
416 |
| Hate Speech as Protected Speech |
418 |
| Speech Codes on College Campuses |
420 |
| The Philosophers on Freedom of Speech |
422 |
| Moral Issues |
423 |
| Conclusion |
426 |
| Charles R. Lawrence III, “If He Hollers Let Him Go: Regulating Racist Speech on Campus” |
427 |
| Jonathan Rauch, “In Defense of Prejudice: Why Incendiary Speech Must Be Protected” |
436 |
| John Taylor, “Are You Politically Correct?” |
442 |
| Alan M. Dershowitz, “Political Correctness, Speech Codes, and Diversity” |
449 |
| Cass R. Sunstein, ‘The First Amendment in Cyberspace” |
451 |
| Case Studies |
456 |
| Chapter 10: Sexism, Pornography, and Violence Against Women |
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| Sexism and Gender Inequalities |
464 |
| The Philosophers on Sexism and Women |
465 |
| Pornography |
466 |
| “Pornography Is the Theory and Rape Is the Practice” |
468 |
| Sexual Harassment |
469 |
| Domestic Violence |
470 |
| Moral Issues |
471 |
| Conclusion |
473 |
| Catherine A. MacKinnon, “Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech” |
475 |
| Lois Pineau, “Date Rape: A Feminist Analysis” |
483 |
| Katie Roiphe, “Reckless Eyeballing: Sexual Harassment on Campus” |
492 |
| Steven Goldberg, “Male Aggression and the Attainment of Power, Authority, and Status” |
507 |
| Case Studies |
513 |
| Chapter 11: Racism and Affirmative Action |
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| Defining the Key Terms |
520 |
| The Philosophers on Racism |
522 |
| The Roots of American Racism |
523 |
| Racism Todav |
529 |
| Moral Issues |
531 |
| Conclusion |
533 |
| Shelby Steele, “I’m Black, You’re White, Who’s Innocent?” |
534 |
| Jorge Garcia, “The Heart of Racism” |
539 |
| Bernard R. Boxill, “The Color-Blind Principle” |
551 |
| Michael Levin, “Race, Biology, and Jusdce” |
558 |
| Uma Narayan, “Colonialism and Its Others: Considerations on Righ Discourses” |
567 |
| Case Studies |
573 |
| Chapter 12: Nonhuman Animals and the Environment |
580 |
| The Legal and Moral Status of the Environment |
582 |
| The Philosophers on the Moral Value of Nonhuman Animals and the Environment |
583 |
| Animal Farming, Environmental Degradation, and Vegetarianism |
585 |
| Pollution and Global Warming |
587 |
| Animal Experimentation |
587 |
| Moral Issues |
589 |
| Conclusion |
592 |
| Tom Regan, ‘The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism” |
593 |
| Jan Narveson, “Animal Rights Revisited” |
598 |
| Peter Singer, from Animal Liberation |
564 |
| Carl Cohen, “Do Animals Have Rights?” |
613 |
| Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic” |
622 |
| Bill Devall and George Sessions, “Deep Ecology” |
626 |
| Richard Watson, “A Critique of Anti-Anthropocentric Ethics” |
632 |
| Karen J. Warren, “The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism" |
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| Case Studies |
644 |
| Appendix I: Writing a Paper in Moral Philosophy A-1 |
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| Appendix II: Debating Moral Issues A-20 |
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| Endnotes N-1 |
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| Credits C-1 |
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| Index 1-1 |
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