Problems in Applied Ethics

Steven B. Cowan is Chair of the Department of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy & Religion at Lincoln Memorial University, USA.

• Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgements Introduction Steven B. Cowan 1. Abortion A Case for the Moral Permissibility of Abortion Amy Berg Unborn Human Beings Have Fundamental Rights Patrick Lee Responses Lee’s Response to Berg on Abortion Berg’s Response to Lee on Abortion For Further Reading 2. Physician Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia The Case for Mercy Killing and Physician-Assisted Suicide Arthur Schafer Against Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Scott Rae Responses Rae’s Response to Schafer on Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Schafer’s Response to Rae on Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia For Further Reading 3. Capital Punishment The Case for Capital Punishment Joseph M. Bessette and Edward Feser Against the Death Penalty Lloyd Steffen Responses Steffen’s Response to Bessette and Feser on Capital Punishment Bessette’s and Feser’s Response to Steffen on Capital Punishment For Further Reading 4. Human Genome Editing The Case in Favor of Intentional Genetic Modification Colin Farrelly Human Genetic Enhancement: A Bridge Too Far C. Ben Mitchell Responses Mitchell’s Response to Farrelly on Human Genome Editing Farrelly’s Response to Mitchell on Human Genome Editing For Further Reading 5. Right to Healthcare Stability, Liberty, and the Right to Health Care Robert C. Hughes There Is No Right to Healthcare Trevor Burrus Responses Burrus’s Response to Hughes on the Right to Healthcare Hughes’s Response to Burrus on the Right to Healthcare For Further Reading 6. Vaccine Mandates For Vaccine Mandates Shlomo Cohen Against Vaccine Mandates Gabriel A. Moens Responses Moens’s Response to Cohen on Vaccine Mandates Cohen’s Response to Moens on Vaccine Mandates For Further Reading 7. Animal Rights A Non-Consequentialist Defense of Animal Rights Molly Gardner Animal Ethics and the Substance View Bruce P. Blackshaw Responses Blackshaw’s Response to Gardner on Animal Rights Gardner’s Response to Blackshaw on Animal Rights For Further Reading 8. Immigration/Open Borders A Case for Immigration Michael Huemer On the Incoherence of Libertarian Open Borders Theory Daniel Demetriou Responses Demetriou’s Response to Huemer on Immigration and Open Borders Huemer’s Response to Demetriou on Immigration and Open Borders For Further Reading 9. Gun Control There is No Right to Own a Gun for Self-Defense Nicholas Dixon The Right to Bear Arms Benjamin L. Mabry Responses Mabry’s Response to Dixon on Gun Control Dixon’s Response to Mabry on Gun Control For Further Reading 10. War and Peace War Can Be Morally Justified Steven B. Cowan Pacifism and Peacemaking Timothy Paul Erdel Responses Erdel’s Response to Cowan on War and Peace Cowan’s Response to Erdel on War and Peace For Further Reading 11. Reparations For Reparations for Past Injustices Federico Lenzerini The Case Against Slavery Reparations Andrew Bernstein Responses Bernstein’s Response to Lenzerini on Reparations Lenzerini’s Response to Bernstein on Reparations For Further Reading 12. Free Speech Free Speech Absolutism Onkar Ghate There Should Be Legal Limits to Free Speech Andrei Bespalov Responses Bespalov’s Response to Ghate on Free Speech Ghate’s Response to Bespalov on Free Speech For Further Reading 13. Same Sex Marriage Against Same-sex Marriage James S. Spiegel A Case for Same-Sex Marriage Christopher Arroyo Responses Arroyo’s Response to Spiegel on Same-sex Marriage Spiegel’s Response to Arroyo on Same-sex Marriage For Further Reading 14. Transgender Rights The Case for Trans Rights Jasper Heaton Against Transgender Rights David S. Crawford Responses Crawford’s Response to Heaton on Transgender Rights Heaton’s Response to Crawford on Transgender Rights For Further Reading 15. Drug Legalization For Drug Legalization Chris Meyers Eat, Drink, and Be Sober: The Case for Drug Prohibition Timothy Hsiao Responses Hsiao’s Response to Meyers on Drug Legalization Meyers’s Response to Hsiao on Drug Legalization For Further Reading Index