Applied Ethics in a Troubled World

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Environmental Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-8

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   2. The Comprehensive Ecology Movement

      • Robin Attfield

      Pages 9-27

   3. Legal Rights for Natural Objects a Philosophical Critique

      • Dieter Birnbacher

      Pages 29-40

   4. Rights Across Species

      • Tom Regan

      Pages 41-55

   5. Mucking with Nature

      • Richard Sylvan

      Pages 57-84

3. Bioethics and Medical Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-92

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   2. On Comparing the Value of Human and Nonhuman Life

      • Peter Singer

      Pages 93-104

   3. Should we Attempt to Eradicate Disability?

      • John Harris

      Pages 105-114

   4. Is Nursing Ethics Distinct from Medical Ethics?

      • Ruth F. Chadwick

      Pages 115-125

   5. A Nursing Ethics of Care? Why Caring is Not Enough

      • Helga Kuhse

      Pages 127-142

4. Business Ethics and Professional Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-150

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   2. Business Ethics as a Goal-Rights-System

      • Georges Enderle

      Pages 151-166

   3. Personal Ideals and Professional Responsibilities

      • Mike W. Martin

      Pages 167-178

   4. Postmodernism, Business Ethics, and Solidarity

      • Norman E. Bowie

      Pages 179-193

5. Social, Political, and Legal Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-202

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   2. Liberal Society and Planned Morality?

      • Michael Baurmann

      Pages 203-223

   3. The Community of Rights

      • Alan R. Gewirth

      Pages 225-235

   4. Does Utilitarianism Favor Economic Equality?

      • Thomas W. Pogge

      Pages 237-244

6. Aims and Foundations of Applied Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-250

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During the last two decades, applied ethics has not only developed into one of the most important philosophical disciplines but has also differentiated into so many subdisciplines that it is becoming increasingly difficult to survey it. A much-needed overview is provided by the eighteen contributions to this volume, in which internationally renowned experts deal with central questions of environmental ethics, bioethics and medical ethics, professional and business ethics, social, political, and legal ethics as well as with the aims and foundations of applied ethics in general. Thanks to a philosophical introduction and selected bibliographical references added to each chapter, the book is very well suited as a basis for courses in applied ethics. It is directed not only to philosophers and to ethicists from other disciplines but to scientists in general and to all people who are interested in the rational discussion of moral principles and their application to concrete problems in the sciences and in everyday life.

• Utilitarianism
• ethics
• moral philosophy
• morality
• philosophy

• Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

  Edgar Morscher, Otto Neumaier

• University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

  Peter Simons

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