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Political Philosophies in Moral Conflict by Peter Wenz

Political Philosophies in Moral Conflict presents the theories and issues of political philosophy as tools for understanding and expressing the various views of the role of the state in people's lives. Students will explore the impact of classic and contemporary philosophical theories as they affect the political structure of lives today through a variety of current, controversial debates such as racial profiling, drug legalization, pollution control and physician-assisted suicide. Cases such as school vouchers, Microsoft's trade restraint, polygamy, and abortion offer a way to demonstrate the practical impact of competing political philosophies.

Note to Instructors Acknowledgments Dedication Introduction A Dangerous World Limited Government The Value of Liberty God's Will and Natural Law Utilitarianism and Spheres of Justice The Free Market and Liberal Equality How to Choose a Political Philosophy Logical Consistency and Justice Theses and Benefits Judgment Calls Chapter 1: God's Will and Natural Law The Fight against Jim Crow God's Will Be Done on Earth Secular and Religious Beliefs Reason and Faith Disparate Traditions of Biblical Interpretation Social Morality and Biblical Interpretation Literal Interpretations of the Bible History, Personal Revelation, and Prayerful Meditation Natural Law Replace Religious Arguments with Secular Arguments The Importance of Nature and Religion Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 2: Utilitarianism Crime Diminishes Happiness Psychological Egoism and Punishment Equality Hedonism and Preferences Some Preferences Should Not Count Criminal Injustice Social Injustice Utilitarian Calculations Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 3: Libertarianism and the Harm Principle Medical Paternalism Prohibition The Right to Drugs The War on Drugs Freedom of Speech Hate Speech Marriage Freedom of Association Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 4: Libertarianism and Property Rights Material Property The Entitlement Theory Libertarianism and the Free Market Free Market Immorality Equal Opportunity Liberty, Inequality, and Property Historical Justifications and Reparations for Slavery Rectification of Injustice Property Rights Today Legitimate Taxation Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 5: Free Market Conservatism Introduction Property and Prosperity Efficiency and Competition: The Microsoft Case The Tragedy of the Commons The Dilemma of Selfishness Public Goods and Government Regulation Cost-Benefit Analysis Human Lives and Future Generations Equal Consideration of Interests Scarcity Selling Babies Comparison with Utilitarianism Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 6: Rawls's Liberal Contractarianism The Original Position and the Veil of Ignorance The Principles of Justice The Difference Principle and Welfare Unequal Educational Opportunities Fair Equality of Opportunity and School Vouchers Separation of Church and State Liberal Neutrality, the Two Moral Powers, and Unencumbered Selves Equal Basic Liberties and Racial Profiling Equal Basic Liberties and Affirmative Action Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 7: Communitarianism and Moral Conservatism The Benefits of Community Orientation Encumbered Individuals and Living Traditions Unencumbered Selves and No-Fault Divorce Legal Prostitution vs. the Practice of Marriage Legal Prostitution and Spheres of Justice Economic Growth and Bourgeois Values Social Capital and the Good Society Some Concerns about Moral Conservatism Some Concerns about Communitarianism Theocrats and Moral Conservatives Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 8: Deliberative Democracy, Multiculturalism, and the Limits of Tolerance The Deliberative Ideal Deliberative Democracy and Nude Dancing Deliberative Democracy and Multiculturalism The Value of Multiculturalism Amish School Attendance and Internal Restrictions Multiculturalism and Other Isms Compared The Cultural Defense and Hmong Marriage-by-Capture Money and Elective Politics Money and Civil Society Democracy and Distributive Justice Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 9: Feminism Classical Liberal Feminism Moral Conservative Arguments against Feminism The Feminization of Poverty Radical Feminism Sexual Harassment The Battered-Woman Defense Cultural Feminism Subsidized Daycare Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 10: Environmentalism Industrial Pollution The Overall Benefits of Industry Limits to Growth Government Subsidies Future Generations and Nuclear Waste Communitarians, Moral Conservatives, Environmentalists and the Future Old Growth Forests, Endangered Species, and Job Security Property Rights and the Takings Clause Economic Growth Anti-Consumerism and the Good Life Conclusion Judgment Calls Chapter 11: Cosmopolitanism Our Duty to Aid the Poor Political Realism Prisoner Abuse International Morality Individual Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity Cultural Relativism and Female Circumcision Walzer's Thick and Thin The Law of Peoples Globalization National Borders and Fair Trade Conclusion Judgment Calls Conclusion Abortion Theocracy, Religious Freedom, and Deliberative Democracy Moral Conservative and Environmentalist Views Summary on Abortion Genetic Engineering of Human Beings Types and Uses of Genetic Engineering Political Liberalism, Utilitarianism, and Genetic Engineering Liberal Contractarian and Environmentalist Objections Communitarian and Moral Conservative Objections to Enhancements Abortion and Genetic Engineering for Enhancement Immigration Policy Cosmopolitanism Multiculturalism Free Market Conservatism Libertarianism Communitarianism Environmentalism Liberal Contractarianism and Deliberative Democracy Political Philosophies Right and Left Glossary Index

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Political Philosophies in Moral Conflict by Peter Wenz

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Peter Wenz

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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

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20060117

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