Ethical issues and debates

Many would be surprised to learn that the preferred method of birth control in the United States today is actually surgical sterilization.

Fifteen years ago, New Jersey became the first of over twenty states to introduce the family cap, a welfare reform policy that reduces or eliminates cash benefits for unmarried women on public assistance who become pregnant.

The banner of deliberative democracy is attracting increasing numbers of supporters, in both the world's older and newer democracies.

Based on a non-consequentialist ethical theory, this book critically examines the prevalent view that if a fetus has the moral standing of a person, it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible.

Like every totalitarian regime, Nazi Germany tried to control intellectual freedom through book censorship.

Like every totalitarian regime, Nazi Germany tried to control intellectual freedom through book censorship.

Given that persons typically have a right not to be subjected to the hard treatment of punishment, it would seem natural to conclude that the permissibility of punishment is centrally a question of rights.

While procreation is ubiquitous, attention to the ethical issues involved in creating children is relatively rare.

Curing systemic inequalities in the criminal justice system is the unfinished business of the Civil Rights movement.

Food trucks announcing "e;halal"e; proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch?

Food trucks announcing "e;halal"e; proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch?

Abortion Under Apartheid examines the politics of abortion in South Africa during the apartheid era (1948-1990), when termination of pregnancy was criminalized.

Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die.

Americans have a deeply ambivalent relationship to guns.

Americans have a deeply ambivalent relationship to guns.

A rigorous treatment of a thought experiment that has become notorious within and outside of philosophy - The Trolley Problem - by one of the most influential moral philosophers alive todaySuppose you can stop a trolley from killing five people, but only by turning it onto a side track where it will kill one.

A rigorous treatment of a thought experiment that has become notorious within and outside of philosophy - The Trolley Problem - by one of the most influential moral philosophers alive todaySuppose you can stop a trolley from killing five people, but only by turning it onto a side track where it will kill one.

Having children is probably as old as the first successful organism.

In 1857 the trials of Flaubert and Baudelaire for offending against religion and public morality drew attention to the features we now associate with literary modernism; but instead of winning praise for their innovations they were indicted for "e;ideological crimes.

In 2001 the Human Genome Project succeeded in mapping the DNA of humans.

In 2001 the Human Genome Project succeeded in mapping the DNA of humans.

Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants.

Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants.

Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities.

Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities.

So long as large segments of humanity are suffering chronic poverty and are dying from treatable diseases, organized giving can save or enhance millions of lives.

In order to describe the logic of morality, "e;contractualist"e; philosophers have studied how individuals behave when they choose to follow their moral intuitions.

Curing systemic inequalities in the criminal justice system is the unfinished business of the Civil Rights movement.

A compelling argument for the morality of limitations on procreation in lessening the harmful environmental effects of unchecked populationWe live in a world where a burgeoning global population has started to have a major and destructive environmental impact.

A compelling argument for the morality of limitations on procreation in lessening the harmful environmental effects of unchecked populationWe live in a world where a burgeoning global population has started to have a major and destructive environmental impact.

This volume addresses interrogation and torture at a unique moment.

This volume addresses interrogation and torture at a unique moment.

An insightful, persuasive, and honest defense of immigration as central to the United States' economic power and national security.

An insightful, persuasive, and honest defense of immigration as central to the United States' economic power and national security.

Birth control offers women the opportunity to prevent pregnancy, plan and space their births, or have no births at all.

Birth control offers women the opportunity to prevent pregnancy, plan and space their births, or have no births at all.

This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of a general attempt to place current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches.

This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of a general attempt to place current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches.

A look at how public relations has dominated public understanding of the natural environment for over one hundred years.

A look at how public relations has dominated public understanding of the natural environment for over one hundred years.

If you were enthralled by Fifty Shades of Grey you need to read Extra Confessions of a Working Girl, the real-life story of Miss S, a modern Working Girl.

Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat.

The death penalty is one of the most hotly contested and longest-standing issues in American politics, and no place is more symbolic of that debate than Texas.

If you were enthralled by Fifty Shades of Grey you need to read Confessions of a Working Girl, the real-life story of Miss S, a modern Working Girl.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, a revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy-and what can be done about itAs the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy.

How should a liberal democracy respond to hate groups and others that oppose the ideal of free and equal citizenship?

From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I.

An unprecedented, up-close look into the global self-managed abortion movement.

In 2005, twelve cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, igniting a political firestorm over demands by some Muslims that the claims of their religious faith take precedence over freedom of expression.

'Overall, this collection of case studies provides an outstanding starting point for understanding the ethics of chemistry.