Applied Ethics

Larry May is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Law, and Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. He has authored or edited over thirty books, most recently on the topics of war and international criminal law. He teaches courses in philosophy of law and the history of political philosophy.Jill B. Delston is an assistant teaching professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her teaching and research span social and political philosophy, global justice, normative ethics, early modern philosophy, and ancient Greek philosophy.

• I. Theoretical Perspectives II. Human Rights III. Hunger and Poverty IV. War, Terrorism, and Peace V. Racial and Ethnic Discrimination VI. Gender Roles and Morality VII. Abortion VIII. Euthanasia, Sustaining, and Ending Life IX. Environmental Ethics