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Today's moral problems, edited by Richard Wasserstrom.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Macmillan [1975]Description: ix, 498 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 0024247901
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HN90.M6 W37
Contents:
1. Privacy : Privacy, freedom, and respect for persons / Stanley I. Ben ; Privacy: a rational context / Charles Fried ; Legal paternalism / Joel Feinberg ; Griswold v. State of Connecticut ; Katz v. United States. 2. Abortion : Roe v. Wade ; Abortion: ethical arguments/ Germain Grisez ; A defense of abortion/ Judith Jarvis Thomson ; On the moral and legal status of abortion / Mary Anne Warren. 3. Racism and sexism : Servility and self-respect / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. ; "Pricks" and "Chicks": a plea for "persons" ; Self-determination and autonomy / Sharon Hill ; Visceral racism / Irving Thalberg ; Reverse discrimination as unjustified / Lisa H. Newton ; The morality of reparation. 4. Sexual morality : The human venture in sex, love, and marriage ; From Humanea Vitae (1964) / Pope Paul VI ; Is adultery immoral? / Richard Wasserstrom ; The morality of homosexual behavior / Ronald Atkinson ; Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton. 5. Punishment : Prolegomenon to the principles of punishment / H.L.A. Hart ; The problem of the mentally abnormal offender / Barbara Wootton ; Persons and punishment / Herbert Morris ; Marxism and retribution / Jeffrie G. Murphy. 6. The obligation to obey the law : The justification of civil disobedience / John Rawls ; The obligation to obey the law / Richard Wasserstrom ; Is ther a Prima Facie obligation to obey the law? / M.B.E Smith. 7. Violence, nonviolence, and war ; What violence is / Newton Garver ; The enduring appeals of battle / J. Glenn Gray ; Pacifism: a philosophical analysis / Jan Narveson ; A defense of pacifism / Tom Regan ; Utilitarianism and the rules of war / R.B. Brandt ; The laws of war / Richard Wasserstrom.
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1. Privacy : Privacy, freedom, and respect for persons / Stanley I. Ben ; Privacy: a rational context / Charles Fried ; Legal paternalism / Joel Feinberg ; Griswold v. State of Connecticut ; Katz v. United States. 2. Abortion : Roe v. Wade ; Abortion: ethical arguments/ Germain Grisez ; A defense of abortion/ Judith Jarvis Thomson ; On the moral and legal status of abortion / Mary Anne Warren. 3. Racism and sexism : Servility and self-respect / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. ; "Pricks" and "Chicks": a plea for "persons" ; Self-determination and autonomy / Sharon Hill ; Visceral racism / Irving Thalberg ; Reverse discrimination as unjustified / Lisa H. Newton ; The morality of reparation. 4. Sexual morality : The human venture in sex, love, and marriage ; From Humanea Vitae (1964) / Pope Paul VI ; Is adultery immoral? / Richard Wasserstrom ; The morality of homosexual behavior / Ronald Atkinson ; Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton. 5. Punishment : Prolegomenon to the principles of punishment / H.L.A. Hart ; The problem of the mentally abnormal offender / Barbara Wootton ; Persons and punishment / Herbert Morris ; Marxism and retribution / Jeffrie G. Murphy. 6. The obligation to obey the law : The justification of civil disobedience / John Rawls ; The obligation to obey the law / Richard Wasserstrom ; Is ther a Prima Facie obligation to obey the law? / M.B.E Smith. 7. Violence, nonviolence, and war ; What violence is / Newton Garver ; The enduring appeals of battle / J. Glenn Gray ; Pacifism: a philosophical analysis / Jan Narveson ; A defense of pacifism / Tom Regan ; Utilitarianism and the rules of war / R.B. Brandt ; The laws of war / Richard Wasserstrom.