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Analyzing a case |
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PART I INTRODUCTION: THEORY AND PRACTICE |
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Chapter One Morals and Values |
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I Extraordinary and Ordinary Morals |
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III The Moral vs. The Non-Moral |
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IV Intrinsic and Instrumental Values |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (8) |
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18 | (1) |
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Case 1 Breastfeeding in Public |
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Case 2 Buy Now, Pay Forever? |
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Case 3 The Real Price of Coffee |
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Chapter Two Moral Relativism |
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III Evaluating Subjectivism |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (2) |
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VII Beyond cultural Relativism {Optional Content) |
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35 | (11) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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Case 3 Female Genital Mutilation |
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42 | (1) |
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Case 4 Vaccine Exemptions by Law |
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Chapter Three Autonomy, Moral Agency, and Self-Identity |
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III Implications of Autonomy |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (4) |
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VI Developing Self-Identity (Optional Content) |
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58 | (15) |
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64 | (1) |
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Case 3 Should the Drinking Age Be Eighteen? |
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66 | (2) |
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Case 5 Determining Racial Identity (Optional Content) |
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Chapter Four Making Moral Judgments |
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73 | (1) |
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III Characterizing Moral Claims |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (9) |
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85 | (1) |
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Case 3 Who's Responsible for Obesity? |
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Chapter Five Psychology and Morality |
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II Situationism and Moral Character |
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91 | (2) |
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IV The Ethics of Choice and Belief |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (11) |
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Case 2 A Kindly Companion |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (2) |
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Case 4 Evaluating Expertise |
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112 | (3) |
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PART II ETHICAL THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES |
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115 | (200) |
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119 | (13) |
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II Ethical and Psychological Egoism |
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III Assessing Ethical Egoism |
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IV Where Does Egoism Go Wrong? (Optional Content) |
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125 | (7) |
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128 | (1) |
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Case 2 A Scratched Bumper |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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Chapter Seven Consequentialism: Act Utilitarianism |
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II Utility and Consequentialism |
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III Utility and Mill's Account (Optional Content) |
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135 | (2) |
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V Advantages and Problems |
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139 | (5) |
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VI Beyond Classical Utilitarianism (Optional Content) |
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144 | (11) |
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148 | (1) |
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Case 2 Sponsoring a Child |
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148 | (2) |
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Case 3 Should Your Next Car Be All-Electric? |
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Case 4 Factory Farming and Animal Suffering |
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151 | (2) |
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Chapter Eight Consequentialism: Rule Utilitarianism |
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155 | (1) |
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III Rule vs. Act Utilitarianism |
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157 | (3) |
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IV Problems with Rule Utilitarianism |
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160 | (3) |
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V Justice and Rights Revisited (Optional Content) |
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163 | (8) |
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Case 1 Transgender Students and College Athletics |
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165 | (2) |
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Case 2 Curbing Grade Inflation |
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167 | (2) |
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Case 3 Universal Healthcare |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (27) |
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171 | (2) |
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II Ross's Ethics (Optional Content) |
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173 | (2) |
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IV Kant's Principle of Ends |
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178 | (2) |
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V Kant's Principle of Universal Law |
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180 | (4) |
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VI Attractions and Problems |
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184 | (4) |
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VII Autonomy and Kant's Kingdom of Ends (Optional Content) |
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Case 1 Internet Bride--Straight from Asia |
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191 | (1) |
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Case 2 A Demanding Honor Code |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (1) |
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Case 4 A Personal Decision |
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Chapter Ten Natural Law Theory |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (4) |
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V Assessing Natural Law Theory |
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Case 1 Relieving Pain in a Dying Patient |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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Case 3 Just War Theory and the Killing of Noncombatants |
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213 | (3) |
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Case 4 Permanent Vegetative State: The Case of Terri Schiavo |
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216 | (2) |
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Chapter Eleven Social Contracts and Rights |
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218 | (29) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (3) |
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228 | (4) |
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232 | (3) |
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VII Structural Violence (Optional Content) |
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Case 1 Socrates's Imprisonment |
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242 | (1) |
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Case 3 Locke and Load: Lockean Rights and Gun Control |
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243 | (4) |
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Chapter Twelve Virtue Ethics |
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II The Heart of Virtue Ethics |
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III Aristotle's Virtue Ethics |
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250 | (3) |
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IV Critiquing Principle-Based Ethics (Optional Content) |
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253 | (3) |
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V Classifying the Virtues (Optional Content) |
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256 | (2) |
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VI Problems with Virtue Ethics |
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258 | (13) |
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Case 1 The Unlikely Rescue |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (2) |
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Case 3 Compulsive Gambling and the Internet |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (3) |
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Case 5 Democracy in Switzerland |
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Chapter Thirteen Feminism and Care Ethics |
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271 | (27) |
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II Feminist Ethics (Optional Content) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (3) |
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IV Elements of Care Ethics |
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278 | (4) |
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282 | (4) |
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VI Care and Virtue (Optional Content) |
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286 | (1) |
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VII New Developments (Optional Content) |
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287 | (11) |
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292 | (1) |
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Case 2 The International Gemstone Trade |
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293 | (1) |
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Case 3 Parent Responsibility Toward Their In Utero Child |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (2) |
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Chapter Fourteen Ethics and Religion |
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298 | (17) |
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298 | (2) |
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III An Alternate Dependency Account |
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IV Objections And Elaborations |
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304 | (4) |
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308 | (7) |
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Case 1 By Divine Command? |
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310 | (1) |
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Case 2 Religious Symbols and Public Schools |
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311 | (2) |
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Case 3 A Question of Authority |
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Chapter Fifteen Medical Ethics: Futility |
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319 | (13) |
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319 | (3) |
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322 | (10) |
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Case 1 Infant Medical Futility |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (3) |
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330 | (2) |
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Chapter Sixteen Organizational Ethics: Whistleblowing |
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332 | (22) |
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332 | (5) |
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337 | (4) |
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III Complicity and Success |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (11) |
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Case 1 Mr. Tran and Wells Fargo |
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347 | (2) |
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Case 2 Surfer, Sailor, Whistleblower |
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349 | (1) |
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Chapter Seventeen Environmental Ethics: Pollution and Resource Use |
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I Optimization and Conflicts |
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354 | (7) |
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III A Practical and Moral Response |
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366 | (12) |
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373 | (2) |
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Case 3 Anthropocentric vs. Ecocentric Views |
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376 | (2) |
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Chapter Eighteen Obligations to Future Generations |
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378 | (20) |
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II Can There be Obligations Toward Non-Existent People? |
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III Can There be Obligations Toward Indeterminate People? |
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383 | (2) |
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IV Is There an Obligation to Ensure Any Future Humanity? |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (11) |
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Case 2 Hey, Isn't That Your Grandkid's Dinner? |
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393 | (1) |
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Case 3 Juggling Life, Health, and the Economy |
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394 | (2) |
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Case 4 Designer Babies: Science Fiction No More |
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Postscript The Personal Dimension |
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398 | (4) |
Glossary |
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402 | (15) |
Index |
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