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Thomas A. Mappes holds a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University. He is professor of philosophy at Frostburg State University, where he has taught since 1973. He is the coeditor (with Jane S. Zembaty) of Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy (McGraw-Hill, 4/e, 1992) and his published work appears in journals such as American Philosophical Quarterly and Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. In 1985, the Frostburg State University Foundation presented him with the Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching. Jane S. Zembaty, professor of philosophy at the university of Dayton, specializes in classical Greek philosophy and social ethics. She coedited the first three editions of Biomedical Ethics, and her published work includes articles on Greek philosophy, such as "Plato's Republic and Greek Morality on Lying" and "Aristotle on Lying."

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1 AbortionIntroduction Pope John Paul II, The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion*Mary Anne Warren, On the Moral and Legal Status of AbortionDon Marquis, Why Abortion is ImmoralJudith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion*Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Majority Opinion in Roe v. WadeJustices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, and David H. Souter, Opinion in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, Governor of PennsylvaniaSusan Sherwin, Abortion: A Feminist PerspectiveSuggested Additional Readings for Chapter 1

2 Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted SuicideIntroduction James Rachels, Active and Passive EuthanasiaDaniel Callahan, Killing and Allowing to DieDan W. Brock, Voluntary Active EuthanasiaStephen G. Potts, Objections to the Institutionalization of EuthanasiaDavid T. Watts and Timothy Howell, Assisted Suicide Is Not Voluntary Active EuthanasiaChief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Opinion of the Court in Washington v. Glucksberg*Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Concurring Opinion in Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill*Franklin G. Miller and Diane E. Meir, Voluntary Death: A Comparison of Terminal Dehydration and Physician-Assisted Suicide* Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 2

3 The Death PenaltyIntroduction Justices Potter Stewart, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and John Paul Stevens. Opinion in Gregg v. GeorgiaJustice Thurgood Marshall, Dissenting Opinion in Gregg v. Georgia*Igor Primoratz, A Life for a LifeStephen Nathanson, An Eye for an Eye?Louis P. Pojman, Deterrence and the DeathPenalty* Jeffrey Reiman, Common Sense, the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty, and the Best Bet Argument*Erik Eckholm, Studies Find Death Penalty Tied to Race of the Victims* Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 3

4 Sexual MoralityIntroduction Vincent C. Punzo, Morality and Human SexualityThomas A. Mappes, Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another PersonRobin West, The Harms of Consensual SexJohn Corvino, Why Shouldn’t Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality*Justice Byron R. White, Majority Opinion in Bowers v. HardwickJustice Harry A. Blackmun, Dissenting Opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick* Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 4

5 Pornography, Hate Speech, and CensorshipIntroduction John Stuart Mill, On LibertyThe Attorney's General's Commission on Pornography, The Question of HarmHelen E. Longino, Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer LookMark R. Wicclair, Feminism, Pornography, and CensorshipJustice John Paul Stevens, Majority Opinion in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union*Illinois Supreme Court, Opinion in Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America Charles R. Lawrence III, Racist Speech as the Functional Equivalent of Fighting Words Andrew Altman, Liberalism and Campus Hate Speech: A Philosophical Examination Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 5

6 Drug Control and AddictionIntroduction Justice Jacob J. Spiegel, Opinion in Commonwealth v. Joseph D. Leis* Thomas S. Szasz, The Ethics of Addiction*Robert E. Goodin, The Ethics of Smoking*Ethan A. Nadelman, The Case for Legalization*James Q. Wilson, Against the Legalization of Drugs* Daniel Shapiro, Addiction and Drug Policy*Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 6

7 Social and Economic JusticeIntroduction John Hospers, What Libertarianism IsKai Nielsen, A Moral Case for SocialismIris M. Young, Five Faces of OppressionHoward McGary, The African-American Underclass and the Question of Values*Lawrence M. Mead, Paternalism and Welfare* Gwendolyn Mink, The End of Welfare*Michael B. Levy, Liberal Equality and Inherited Wealth*Jeremy Waldron, Homelessness and the Issue of Freedom*Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 7

8 World Hunger and PovertyIntroduction The Presidential Commission on World Hunger, Why Should the United States Be Concerned Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence, and MoralityGarrett Hardin, Living on a LifeboatKai Nielsen, Some Facts About Famine*Amartya Sen, Property and Hunger*Jodi L. Jacobson, Closing the Gender Gap in Development* Suggested Additional Readings for Chapter 8

9 AnimalsIntroduction Peter Singer, All Animals Are EqualTom Regan, The Case for Animal RightsR.G. Frey, Moral Vegetarianism and the Argument from Pain and Suffering Carl Cohen, The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Mary Anne Warren, Human and Animal Rights ComparedSuggested Additional Readings for Chapter 9

10 The EnvironmentIntroduction William F. Baxter, People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal PollutionJay Narveson, For Free Market Environmentalism* Tony Smith, Against Free Market Environmentalism*Peter S. Wenz, Just Garbage*Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic*Bernard E. Rollin, Environmental EthicsBill Devall and George Sessions, Deep EcologyRamachandra Guha, Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World CritiqueSuggested Additional Readings for Chapter 10 About the Contributors