Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy (Paperback)

1: Politics, Civil Life, and Moral Education; 1: The Abortion Dilemma; 2: Mandated Service and Moral Learning; 3: Consultants and American Political Culture; 4: Chastity, Morality, and the Schools; 5: The Holocaust and Moral Education; 6: Value Pluralism and Political Liberalism; 7: Expert Analysis v. Public Opinion: The Case of Campaign Finance Reform; 8: Getting Practical about Deliberative Democracy; 2: Diversity, Identity, and Equal Opportunity; 9: Racism in the Head, Racism in the World; 10: Multiculturalism and Cultural Authenticity; 11: The Merits of Merit; 12: The Affirmative Action Debate; 13: Counting Race and Ethnicity: Revising the U.S. Census; 14: Convention and Competence: Disability Rights in Sports and Education; 3: Human Rights, Development Ethics, and International Justice; 15: Income and Development; 16: Population Policy and the Clash of Cultures; 17: “Asian Values” and the Universality of Human Rights; 18: Negotiating Jerusalem; 19: A Question of Priorities: Human Rights, Development, and “Asian Values”; 20: War and Sacrifice in Kosovo; 21: Retribution and Reconciliation; 4: Biotechnology, Genetic Research, and Health Policy; 22: Biotechnology and the Idea of Human Nature; 23: Futile Treatment and the Ethics of Medicine; 24: Disowning Knowledge: Issues in Genetic Testing; 25: Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning; 26: One Pill Makes You Smarter: An Ethical Appraisal of the Rise of Ritalin; 27: Trials on Trial; 5: Natural Environments, Human Communities; 28: Valuing Nature: Assessing Damages for Oil Spills; 29: Alternatives to the Mass Consumption Society; 30: Can We Put a Price on Nature’s Services?; 31: Preserving the Waterman’s Way of Life; 32: Controlling Global Climate: The Debate over Pollution Trading; 33: Are We Simple Creatures?; 34: What’s Wrong with Exotic Species?