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19 produkter
Morality, Prudence, and Nuclear Weapons
Av Steven P. Lee, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1742 kr
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With the passing of the Cold War, a chapter in the history of nuclear deterrence has come to an end. Nuclear weapons remain, however, and nuclear deterrence will again be practiced. Rather than simply assume that the policy of deterrence has worked we need to learn the proper lessons from history …
The Ethics of Aid and Trade
U.S. Food Policy, Foreign Competition, and the Social Contract
Av Paul B. Thompson, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
944 kr
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The traditional military-territorial model of the nation state defines international duties in terms of protecting citizens' property from foreign threats. In this 1992 book about the principles of the US agricultural policy and foreign aid, Professor Thompson replaces this model with the notion of …
Privacy and Social Freedom
Av Ferdinand David Schoeman, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1322 kr
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This book attacks the assumption found in moral philosophy that social control as such is an intellectually and morally destructive force. It replaces this view with a richer and deeper perspective on the nature of social character aimed at showing how social freedom cannot mean immunity from …
Drugs and Rights
Av Douglas N. Husak, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1335 kr
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This important book was the first serious work of philosophy to address the question: Do adults have a moral right to use drugs for recreational purposes? Many critics of the 'war on drugs' denounce law enforcement as counterproductive and ineffective. Douglas Husak argues that the 'war on drugs' …
Risky Business
Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace
Av Elaine Draper, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
454 kr
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At a time when more corporate employers are using genetic information as a cornerstone of their hiring practices, when workers find their chromosomes considered alongside their resumes, the ramifications of genetic testing demand further examination. Risky Business analyzes health screening in the …
Liberal Purposes
Goods, Virtues, and Diversity in the Liberal State
Av William A. Galston, Douglas Maclean
Häftad, 1991
1221 kr
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This book is a major contribution to the current theory of liberalism by an eminent political theorist. It challenges the views of such theorists as Rawls, Dworkin, and Ackerman who believe that the essence of liberalism is that it should remain neutral concerning different ways of life and …
Drugs and Rights
Av Douglas N. Husak, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
650 kr
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This important book was the first serious work of philosophy to address the question: Do adults have a moral right to use drugs for recreational purposes? Many critics of the 'war on drugs' denounce law enforcement as counterproductive and ineffective. Douglas Husak argues that the 'war on drugs' …
Life and Death
Philosophical Essays in Biomedical Ethics
Av Dan W. Brock, Douglas MacLean
Häftad, 1993
650 kr
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How should modern medicine's dramatic new powers to sustain life be employed? How should limited resources be used to extend and improve the quality of life? In this collection, Dan Brock, a distinguished philosopher and bioethicist and co-author of Deciding for Others (Cambridge, 1989), explores …
Justice and Justification
Reflective Equilibrium in Theory and Practice
Av Norman Daniels, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1661 kr
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We all have beliefs, even strong convictions, about what is just and fair in our social arrangements. How should these beliefs and the theories of justice that incorporate them guide our thinking about practical matters of justice? This wide-ranging collection of essays by one of the foremost …
Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy
Av Robert E. Goodin, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1514 kr
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Utilitarianism, the great reforming philosophy of the nineteenth century, has today acquired the reputation for being a crassly calculating, impersonal philosophy unfit to serve as a guide to moral conduct. Yet what may disqualify utilitarianism as a personal philosophy makes it an eminently …
Justice and Justification
Reflective Equilibrium in Theory and Practice
Av Norman Daniels, Douglas Maclean
Häftad, 1996
781 kr
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We all have beliefs, even strong convictions, about what is just and fair in our social arrangements. How should these beliefs and the theories of justice that incorporate them guide our thinking about practical matters of justice? This wide-ranging collection of essays by one of the foremost …
Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy
Av Robert E. Goodin, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
781 kr
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Utilitarianism, the great reforming philosophy of the nineteenth century, has today acquired the reputation for being a crassly calculating, impersonal philosophy unfit to serve as a guide to moral conduct. Yet what may disqualify utilitarianism as a personal philosophy makes it an eminently …
The Frankenstein Syndrome
Ethical and Social Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals
Av Bernard E. Rollin, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
667 kr
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This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals, a powerful technology which has major implications for society. Unlike other books on this emotionally charged subject, the author …
The Ethics of Policing
Av John Kleinig, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1449 kr
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This book is the most systematic, comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated discussion of police ethics yet published. It offers an in-depth analysis of the ethical values that police, as servants of the community, should uphold as they go about their task. The book considers the foundations …
The Ethics of Policing
Av John Kleinig, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
699 kr
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This book is the most systematic, comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated discussion of police ethics yet published. It offers an in-depth analysis of the ethical values that police, as servants of the community, should uphold as they go about their task. The book considers the foundations …
Pursuing Equal Opportunities
The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian Justice
Av Lesley A. Jacobs, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
455 kr
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Pursuing equality is an important challenge for any modern democratic society but this challenge faces two sets of difficulties: the theoretical question of what sort of equality to pursue and for whom; and the practical question concerning which legal and political institutions are the most …
Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership
Av Terry Price, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
471 kr
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Why do leaders fail ethically? In this book, Terry L. Price applies a multi-disciplinary approach to an understanding of immorality in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. He argues that leaders can know that a certain kind of behavior is generally required by morality but nonetheless be …
Justice for Here and Now
Av James P. Sterba, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1351 kr
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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 …
Cost-Value Analysis in Health Care
Making Sense out of QALYS
Av Erik Nord, Douglas MacLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1400 kr
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This book is a comprehensive account of what it means to try to quantify health in distributing resources for health care. It examines the concept of QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Year) which supposedly makes it more accurate to talk about life in terms of both quality and quantity of years lived …
