The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy (eBook)

David Boonin (Herausgeber)

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2018
XXIII, 859 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-93907-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book brings together a large and diverse collection of philosophical papers addressing a wide variety of public policy issues. Topics covered range from long-standing subjects of debate such as abortion, punishment, and freedom of expression, to more recent controversies such as those over gene editing, military drones, and statues honoring Confederate soldiers. Part I focuses on the criminal justice system, including issues that arise before, during, and after criminal trials. Part II covers matters of national defense and sovereignty, including chapters on military ethics, terrorism, and immigration. Part III, which explores political participation, manipulation, and standing, includes discussions of issues involving voting rights, the use of nudges, and claims of equal status. Part IV covers a variety of issues involving freedom of speech and expression. Part V deals with questions of justice and inequality.  Part VI considers topics involving bioethics and biotechnology. Part VII is devoted to beginning of life issues, such as cloning and surrogacy, and end of life issues, such as assisted suicide and organ procurement. Part VIII navigates emerging environmental issues, including treatments of the urban environment and extraterrestrial environments.

David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Values and Social Policy at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He is the author of Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue (1994), A Defense of Abortion (2003), The Problem of Punishment (2008) Should Race Matter? (2011), and The Non-Identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People (2014). He is also the co-editor, with Graham Oddie, of the popular textbook What's Wrong?: Applied Ethicists and Their Critics (2004).

Inhalt

1 Introduction: Philosophers and Public PolicyPart I Crime, Punishment, and the Law2 Pretrial Detention and Moral Agency3 Why Brain Images (Probably) Should Not Be Used in US Criminal Trials4 A Defense of Jury Nullification5 Mandatory Minimums and the War on Drugs6 Criminal Punishment and Free Will7 The Promise of Neuroscience for Law: Hope or Hype?8 Feminism, Violence, and the StatePart II War, Terrorism, and National Sovereignty9 Military Psychological Operations: Ethics and Policy Considerations10 Against Interrogational Torture: Upholding a Troubled Taboo11 The Use of Lethal Drones in the War on Terror12 The Myth of Senseless Violence and the Problem of Terrorism13 A Defense of Open Borders14 Immigration Enforcement and Fairness to Would-Be Immigrants15 Toward a Nonideal Approach to Immigration JusticePart III Political Participation, Manipulation, and Standing16 An Ethical Assessment of Actual Voter Behavior17 Should Children Have the Right to Vote?18 Norms, Nudges, and Autonomy19 Nudges and Other Moral Technologies in the Context of Power: Assigning and Accepting Responsibility20 Public Policy and the Administrative Evil of Special Education21 Manufacturing Monsters: Dehumanization and Public Policy22 Is Religion Special? More Likely Than Not!23 Animals and Political StandingPart IV Freedom of Speech and Expression24 The Liberty of Thought and Discussion: Restatement and Implications25 Free Speech and Discrimination in the Cake Wars26 Whose Public? The Stakes of Citizens United27 The Ethics of Racist Monuments28 Free to Inquire: The Evolution-Creationism Controversy as a Test Case in Equal Time and Free Speech29 Pedophilia and Computer-Generated Child Pornography30 Does the ADA Discriminate Against Deaf People?Part V Justice and Inequality31 Principles of Distributive Justice32 When Equality Matters33 Feminism, Gender Inequality, and Public Policy34 Understanding Effective Altruism and Its Challenges35 Economic Rent, Rent-Seeking Behavior, and the Case of Privatized Incarceration36 Accounting for Intrinsic Values in the Federal Student Loan System37 Borrowed Knowledge: Pedagogy and Student Debt in the Neoliberal UniversityPart VI Bioethics and Biotechnology38 Challenging the Therapy/Enhancement Distinction in CRISPR Gene Editing39 CRISPR and the Ethics of Gene Drive in Mosquitoes40 Enhancement and Cheating: Implications for Policy in Sport41 Sexual Orientation Minority Rights and High-Tech Conversion Therapy42 Why Policymaking Should Not Be Based on Evolutionary Accounts of Human Behavior43 Exploitation and International Clinical Research: The Disconnect Between Goals and Policy44 Mandating Data Exclusivity for Pharmaceuticals Through International Agreements: A Fair Idea?45 Big Data: Ethical Considerations46 Professionalism and the Ethics of Conscientious Objection Accommodation in Medicine47 American Pragmatism, Disability, and the Politics of Resilience in Mental Health EducationPart VII Beginning and End of Life Issues48 Human Cloning: Stereotypes, Public Policy, and the Law49 The Metaphysics of Surrogacy50 Legislating Pain Capability: Sentience and the Abortion Debate51 Welcoming the Unborn: Toward a Politics of Inclusion52 Palliation and Medically Assisted Dying: A Case Study in the Use of Slippery Slope Arguments in Public Policy53 “I Support the Right to Die. You Go First”: Bias and Physician-Assisted Suicide54 Organ Procurement: The Ethical Obligation to Release OrgansPart VIII Environmental Ethics and Environmental Problems55 Women, Land and Eco-Justice56 A Rights-Based Conception of the Precautionary Principle57 Roles for Socially Engaged Philosophy of Science in Environmental Policy58 The Acceleration of Global Warming as Crime Against Humanity: A Moral Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment59 Environmental Civil Disobedience60 Reliance Structures: How Urban Public Policy Shapes Human Agency61 Toward a Galactic Common Good: Space Exploration Ethics

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.10.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 859 p. 1 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: ACA • climate change • CRISPR • First Amendment • Immigration • Imprisonment • Incarceration • Jury Nullification • Justice • Nudge • obamacare • punishment • Torture • Voting
• ISBN-10: 3-319-93907-6 / 3319939076
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-93907-0 / 9783319939070