Contemporary Debates In Applied Ethics

Editors Cohen (philosophy, Georgia State University) and Wellman (philosophy, Washington University) have brought together contributions from theorists in philosophy, social theory, and law to present 11 pairs of opposing essays. Written to be accessible to introductory students and yet substantial enough for more sophisticated readers, the essays take opposing viewpoints on abortion, affirmative action, animal rights, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy and civil society, values in nature, and world hunger. Most of the essays include notes, references, and a further reading list. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Andrew I. Cohen is Associate Director of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics and teaches in the Department of Philosophy at Georgia State University.

Christopher Heath Wellman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-editor, with R. G. Frey, of A Companion to Applied Ethics (Blackwell 2003).