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Designed to address practical questions, applied ethics is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy. Yet the relevance of ethical theories to social policy has been under-explored. Until now. In "Applied ethics and social problems" Tony Fitzpatrick presents introductions to the three most influential moral philosophies: Consequentialism, Kantianism and Virtue Ethics. He then relates these to some of the most urgent questions in contemporary public debates about the future of welfare services. These include taxing unhealthy habits, drug legalisation, parental choice in education, abortion, euthanasia and migration & cultural diversity. In each case he asks a perennial question: what are the legitimate boundaries of state action and individual liberty? Never before has there been such a rigorous overview of the topic offered to social policy students, academics and professionals, as well as those interested in public policy, politics and social science. A user-friendly intervention into these key debates "Applied ethics and social problems" will set the agenda for years to come.

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This book addresses such key ethical issues as euthanasia, the environment, biotechnology, abortion, the family, sexual ethics, and the distribution of health care resources. Michael Banner argues that the task of Christian ethics is to understand the world and humankind in the light of the credal affirmations of the Christian faith, and to explicate this understanding in its significance for human action through a critical engagement with the concerns, claims and problems of other ethics. He illustrates both the distinctiveness of Christian convictions in relation to the above issues and also the critical dialogue with practices based on other convictions which this sense of distinctiveness motivates but does not prevent. The book's importance lies in its attempt to show the crucial difference which Christian belief makes to an understanding of these issues, whilst at the same time demonstrating some of the weaknesses and confusions of certain popular approaches to them.

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"The history of moral dilemma theory often ignores the medieval period, overlooking the sophisticated theorizing by several thinkers who debated the existence of moral dilemmas from 1150 to 1450. In this book Michael V. Dougherty offers a rich and fascinating overview of the debates which were pursued by medieval philosophers, theologians and canon lawyers, illustrating his discussion with a diverse range of examples of the moral dilemmas which they considered. He shows that much of what seems particular to twentieth-century moral theory was well-known long ago - especially the view of some medieval thinkers that some forms of wrongdoing are inescapable, and their emphasis on the principle 'choose the lesser of two evils'. His book will be valuable not only to advanced students and specialists of medieval thought, but also to those interested in the history of ethics."

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This book conveys the breadth and interconnectedness of questions of justice - a rarity in contemporary moral and political philosophy. James P. Sterba argues that a minimal notion of rationality requires morality, and that a minimal libertarian morality requires the welfare and equal opportunity endorsee by welfare liberals and the equality endorsed by socialists, as well as a full feminist agenda. Feminist, racial, homosexual, and multicultural justice, are also shown to be mutually supporting. The author further shows the compatibility between anthropocentric and biocentric environmental ethics, as between just war and pacifist theories. Finally, he spells out when normal politics, legal protest, civil disobedience, revolutionary action, and criminal disobedience are morally permitted by justice for here and now. This highly original and potentially controversial book is ideal for courses in moral and political philosophy, applied ethics, women's studies, environmental studies, and peace studies.

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Depuis quelques décennies, les progrès de l'imagerie cérébrale (scanners et résonance magnétique) ont permis un développement sans précédent de notre connaissance du cerveau. Comme souvent, les avancées scientifiques et les applications qu'elles rendent possibles soulèvent des questions éthiques fondamentales. Leur enjeu apparaît ici d'autant plus décisif qu'elles concernent un organe qui symbolise pour beaucoup la personne elle-même : mieux connaître le cerveau, c'est mieux nous connaître : et agir sur lui, c'est agir sur notre identité. Jusqu'où pouvons-nous et devons-nous aller ? Au-delà des problématiques proprement éthiques, le domaine de la neuroéthique s'étend à des questions philosophiques fondatrices, que les neurosciences renouvellent en profondeur : la nature de l'être humain, les rapports de l'âme et du corps, le libre arbitre ou l'identité personnelle. Cet ouvrage est principalement consacré à quatre de ces questions : le rôle. classiquement dévalorisé par les philosophes, des émotions dans nos décisions morales : la place de la responsabilité et de la liberté individuelles à l'épreuve du déterminisme cérébral : l'observation des états mentaux à travers la neuro-imagerie qui réactive un vieux rêve, lire dans l'esprit : et enfin l'amélioration des capacités humaines que promettent les médicaments du cerveau. En soumettant les neurosciences à l'examen philosophique et, réciproquement, en étudiant en quoi leurs avancées nous obligent à repenser nos conceptions morales, cette réflexion solidement argumentée évite à la fois un refus de principe et un enthousiasme naïf

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