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Philosophers take on the world / edited by David Edmonds.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: xiv, 250 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198822634 (pbk.)
  • 9780198822639 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.83/101
LOC classification:
  • CB 430 P568 2018
Contents:
Crime and Punishment 1: Anders Herlitz: Time to Reconsider the Penal Code? 2: Rebecca Roache: Enhanced Punishment 3: Brian D. Earp: Degrees of Sexual HarmTerrorism, Guns, and War 4: Jeff McMahan: A Challenge to Gun Rights 5: Allen Buchanan, Lance K. Stell: McMahan's Hazardous (and Irrelevant) Thought Experiment 6: Seth Lazar: Travel, Friends, and Killing 7: Roger Crisp: The Courageous Suicide Bomber? 8: Owen Schaefer: Chemical Weapons: In Defence of Double Standards 9: Cecile Fabre: Looted Artworks: A Portrait of JusticeHealth and Medicine 10: Steve Clarke: Homeopathy: An Undiluted Proposal 11: Lachlan de Crespigny and Julian Savulescu: Five Minutes Too Late 12: Tom Douglas: Taking Drugs to Help Others 13: Charles Foster: My Son's Dyslexic And I'm Glad 14: Janet Radcliffe Richards: The Point of Death 15: Lynn Gillam: Is it Ethical to use Data from Nazi Medical Experiments? 16: Jonathan Pugh: Financial Incentives, Coercion, and Psychosis 17: Julian Savulescu: Mr Nicklinson and the Right To DieDrugs and Organs 18: Dominic Wilkinson: In Praise of Organ-ised sport 19: Janet Radcliffe Richards: Do We Own Our Bodies? 20: Katrien Devolder: Psychiatric Drugs and Religious NormsReligion and Charity 21: Tony Coady: Catholic Identity and Strong Dissent - How Compatible? 22: William MacAskill: Banking: The Ethical Career Choice? 23: Charles Foster: On Rebuilding Noah's Ark and Drinking Old Burgundy 24: Simon Rippon: Should Conservative Christians be Allowed to Foster Children?Sex, Sex-equality and Sexuality 25: Brian D. Earp: Can You Be Gay By Choice? 26: Brian D. Earp: Prostitution and Disability 27: Chris Gyngell: Artificial Wombs and a visit to Birland 28: Rebecca Roache: Is Unwanted Pregnancy A Medical Disorder? 29: Simon Rippon: Is Half An Abortion Worse than a Whole One? 30: Dominic Wilkinson: Nick-less? 31: Kyle T. Edwards: Paedophilia and Predisposition 32: Ole Martin Moen: Checking People Out 33: David Edmonds: Female Philosophers and Sexual Harassment 34: Hilary Greaves: An Unfortunate State of AffairsSport 35: Joshua Shepherd: The Morality of Sport Hatred 36: Julian Savulescu: Doping: When Will We Learn? 37: David Edmonds: Tennis and SexBrains 38: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: My Brain Made Me Do It - So What? 39: Simon Rippon: My Client's Brain is to Blame 40: Regina Rini: Mapping Brains and Finding DirectionLanguage, Speech and Freedom 41: Peter Singer: Countering Islam extremism 42: Neil Levy: Disabling Language 43: Kei Hiruta: Stop Orientalism? 44: Roger Crisp: The Naked Truth 45: Kyle T. Edwards: Porn, Condoms, and Liberty 46: Jim A.C. Everett: Should Men Be Allowed to Discuss Abortion?Evil, Disgust, Shame, Rudeness, and Joy 47: Regina Rini: A Reflection on Confronting Evil 48: Andreas Kappes: Shame about the Internet 49: Rebecca Roache and Hannah Maslen: In Defence of Drinking Alone 50: David Edmonds: Lady Thatcher is Dead: Pop Open The Champagne 51: Anders Sandberg: Steamy Calamari and Trans-species Eroticism 52: Anders Sandberg: Nothing is like Mother's Ice Cream 53: Hannah Maslen: Rudeness and Cold CallersAnimals 54: Christine Korsgaard: Treated Like Animals 55: Russell Powell: What is a Pet Worth? 56: Michelle Hutchinson: The Best Idea You've Heard All YearThe Future and its People 57: Stuart Armstrong: Enlightened Surveillance 58: James Williams: Why It's OK to Block Ads 59: Sean O hEigeartaigh: Would You Hand Over A Decision To Machines? 60: Matthew Liao, Anders Sandberg, Julian Savulescu: Should We Be Erasing Memories 61: Theron Plummer: Adding Happy People 62: Guy Kahane: The Pregnant Man and Other Conceptual Surprises
Summary: Every day the news shows us provoking stories about what's going on in the world, about events which raise moral questions and problems. In Philosophers Take On the World a team of philosophers get to grips with a variety of these controversial issues, from the amusing to the shocking, in short, engaging, often controversial pieces.
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Crime and Punishment 1: Anders Herlitz: Time to Reconsider the Penal Code? 2: Rebecca Roache: Enhanced Punishment 3: Brian D. Earp: Degrees of Sexual HarmTerrorism, Guns, and War 4: Jeff McMahan: A Challenge to Gun Rights 5: Allen Buchanan, Lance K. Stell: McMahan's Hazardous (and Irrelevant) Thought Experiment 6: Seth Lazar: Travel, Friends, and Killing 7: Roger Crisp: The Courageous Suicide Bomber? 8: Owen Schaefer: Chemical Weapons: In Defence of Double Standards 9: Cecile Fabre: Looted Artworks: A Portrait of JusticeHealth and Medicine 10: Steve Clarke: Homeopathy: An Undiluted Proposal 11: Lachlan de Crespigny and Julian Savulescu: Five Minutes Too Late 12: Tom Douglas: Taking Drugs to Help Others 13: Charles Foster: My Son's Dyslexic And I'm Glad 14: Janet Radcliffe Richards: The Point of Death 15: Lynn Gillam: Is it Ethical to use Data from Nazi Medical Experiments? 16: Jonathan Pugh: Financial Incentives, Coercion, and Psychosis 17: Julian Savulescu: Mr Nicklinson and the Right To DieDrugs and Organs 18: Dominic Wilkinson: In Praise of Organ-ised sport 19: Janet Radcliffe Richards: Do We Own Our Bodies? 20: Katrien Devolder: Psychiatric Drugs and Religious NormsReligion and Charity 21: Tony Coady: Catholic Identity and Strong Dissent - How Compatible? 22: William MacAskill: Banking: The Ethical Career Choice? 23: Charles Foster: On Rebuilding Noah's Ark and Drinking Old Burgundy 24: Simon Rippon: Should Conservative Christians be Allowed to Foster Children?Sex, Sex-equality and Sexuality 25: Brian D. Earp: Can You Be Gay By Choice? 26: Brian D. Earp: Prostitution and Disability 27: Chris Gyngell: Artificial Wombs and a visit to Birland 28: Rebecca Roache: Is Unwanted Pregnancy A Medical Disorder? 29: Simon Rippon: Is Half An Abortion Worse than a Whole One? 30: Dominic Wilkinson: Nick-less? 31: Kyle T. Edwards: Paedophilia and Predisposition 32: Ole Martin Moen: Checking People Out 33: David Edmonds: Female Philosophers and Sexual Harassment 34: Hilary Greaves: An Unfortunate State of AffairsSport 35: Joshua Shepherd: The Morality of Sport Hatred 36: Julian Savulescu: Doping: When Will We Learn? 37: David Edmonds: Tennis and SexBrains 38: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: My Brain Made Me Do It - So What? 39: Simon Rippon: My Client's Brain is to Blame 40: Regina Rini: Mapping Brains and Finding DirectionLanguage, Speech and Freedom 41: Peter Singer: Countering Islam extremism 42: Neil Levy: Disabling Language 43: Kei Hiruta: Stop Orientalism? 44: Roger Crisp: The Naked Truth 45: Kyle T. Edwards: Porn, Condoms, and Liberty 46: Jim A.C. Everett: Should Men Be Allowed to Discuss Abortion?Evil, Disgust, Shame, Rudeness, and Joy 47: Regina Rini: A Reflection on Confronting Evil 48: Andreas Kappes: Shame about the Internet 49: Rebecca Roache and Hannah Maslen: In Defence of Drinking Alone 50: David Edmonds: Lady Thatcher is Dead: Pop Open The Champagne 51: Anders Sandberg: Steamy Calamari and Trans-species Eroticism 52: Anders Sandberg: Nothing is like Mother's Ice Cream 53: Hannah Maslen: Rudeness and Cold CallersAnimals 54: Christine Korsgaard: Treated Like Animals 55: Russell Powell: What is a Pet Worth? 56: Michelle Hutchinson: The Best Idea You've Heard All YearThe Future and its People 57: Stuart Armstrong: Enlightened Surveillance 58: James Williams: Why It's OK to Block Ads 59: Sean O hEigeartaigh: Would You Hand Over A Decision To Machines? 60: Matthew Liao, Anders Sandberg, Julian Savulescu: Should We Be Erasing Memories 61: Theron Plummer: Adding Happy People 62: Guy Kahane: The Pregnant Man and Other Conceptual Surprises

Every day the news shows us provoking stories about what's going on in the world, about events which raise moral questions and problems. In Philosophers Take On the World a team of philosophers get to grips with a variety of these controversial issues, from the amusing to the shocking, in short, engaging, often controversial pieces.

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