Philosophers Take On the World
Philosophers Take On the World
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
- 250p
Crime and Punishment
1. Time to reconsider the penal code? / Anders Herlitz
2. Enhanced punishment: can technology make life sentences longer? / Rebecca Roache
3. Degrees of sexual harm / Brian D. Earp
Terrorism, guns, and war
4. A challenge to gun rights / Jeff McMahan
5. McMahan's hazardous (and irrelevant) thought experiment / Lance K. Stell
6. Travel, friends, and killing / Seth Lazar
7. The courageous suicide bomber? / Roger Crisp
8. Chemical weapons: in defence of double standards / Owen Schaefer
9. Looted artworks: a portrait of justice / Cecile Fabre
Health and medicine
10. Homeopathy: an undiluted proposal / Steve Clarke
11. Five minutes too late / Julian Savulescu
12. Taking drugs to help others / Tom Douglas
13. My son's dyslexic, and I'm glad / Charles Foster
14. The point of death / Janet Radcliffe Richards
15. Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments? / Lynn Gillam
16. Financial incentives, coercion, and psychosis / Jonathan Pugh
17. Mr Nicklinson and the right to die / Julian Savulescu
Drugs and organs
18. In praise of organ-ized sport / Dominic Wilkinson
19. Do we own our bodies? / Janet Radcliffe Richards
20. Psychiatric drugs and religious norms / Katrien Devolder
Religion and charity
21. Catholic identity and strong dissent - how compatible? / Tony Coady
22. Banking: the ethical career choice / William MacAskill
23. On rebuilding Noah's Ark and drinking old burgundy / Charles Foster
24. Should conservative Christians be allowed to foster children? / Simon Rippon
Sex, sex-equality, and sexuality
25. Can you be gay by choice? / Brian D. Earp
26. Prostitution and disability / Brian D. Earp
27. Artificial wombs and a visit to Birland / Chris Gyngell
28. Is unwanted pregnancy a medical disorder? / Rebecca Roache
29. Is half an abortion worse than a whole one? / Simon Rippon
30. Nick-less? / Dominic Wilkinson
31. Paedophilia and predisposition / Kyle T. Edwards
32. Checking people out / Ole Martin Moen
33. Female philosophers and sexual harassment / David Edmonds
34. An unfortunate state of affairs / Hilary Greaves
Sport
35. Sport hatred / Joshua Shepherd
36. Doping: when will we learn? / Julian Savulescu
37. Tennis and sex / David Edmonds
Brains
38. My brain made me do it - So what? / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
39. My client's brain is to blame / Simon Rippon
40. Mapping brains and finding direction / Regina Rini
Language, speech, and freedom
41. Countering Islamic extremism / Peter Singer
42. Disabling language / Neil Levy
43. Stop Orientalism? / Kei Hiruta
44. The naked truth / Roger Crisp
45. Porn, condoms, and liberty / Kyle T. Edwards
46. Should men be allowed to discuss abortion? / Jim A.C. Everett
Evil, disgust, shame, rudeness, and joy
47. A reflection on confronting evil / Regina Rini
48. Shame about the internet / Andreas Kappes
49. In defence of drinking alone / Rebecca Roache
50. Lady Thatcher is dead: pop open the champagne / David Edmonds
51. Steamy calamari and trans-species eroticism / Anders Sandberg
52. Nothing is like mother's ice cream / Anders Sandberg
53. Rudeness and cold callers / Hannah Maslen
Animals
54. Treated like animals / Christine M. Korsgaard
55. What is a pet worth? / Russell Powell
56. The best idea you've heard all year / Michelle Hutchinson
The future and its people
57. Enlightened surveillance? / Stuart Armstrong
58. Why it's OK to block ads / James Williams
59. Would you hand over a decision to a machine? / Sean O. Heeigeartaigh
60. Should we be erasing memories? / Julian Savulescu
61. Adding happy people / Theron Pummer
62. The pregnant man and other conceptual surprises / Guy Kahane
9780198753728
Civilization, Modern - 21st Century - Philosophy
909.83101 / PHI
Crime and Punishment
1. Time to reconsider the penal code? / Anders Herlitz
2. Enhanced punishment: can technology make life sentences longer? / Rebecca Roache
3. Degrees of sexual harm / Brian D. Earp
Terrorism, guns, and war
4. A challenge to gun rights / Jeff McMahan
5. McMahan's hazardous (and irrelevant) thought experiment / Lance K. Stell
6. Travel, friends, and killing / Seth Lazar
7. The courageous suicide bomber? / Roger Crisp
8. Chemical weapons: in defence of double standards / Owen Schaefer
9. Looted artworks: a portrait of justice / Cecile Fabre
Health and medicine
10. Homeopathy: an undiluted proposal / Steve Clarke
11. Five minutes too late / Julian Savulescu
12. Taking drugs to help others / Tom Douglas
13. My son's dyslexic, and I'm glad / Charles Foster
14. The point of death / Janet Radcliffe Richards
15. Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments? / Lynn Gillam
16. Financial incentives, coercion, and psychosis / Jonathan Pugh
17. Mr Nicklinson and the right to die / Julian Savulescu
Drugs and organs
18. In praise of organ-ized sport / Dominic Wilkinson
19. Do we own our bodies? / Janet Radcliffe Richards
20. Psychiatric drugs and religious norms / Katrien Devolder
Religion and charity
21. Catholic identity and strong dissent - how compatible? / Tony Coady
22. Banking: the ethical career choice / William MacAskill
23. On rebuilding Noah's Ark and drinking old burgundy / Charles Foster
24. Should conservative Christians be allowed to foster children? / Simon Rippon
Sex, sex-equality, and sexuality
25. Can you be gay by choice? / Brian D. Earp
26. Prostitution and disability / Brian D. Earp
27. Artificial wombs and a visit to Birland / Chris Gyngell
28. Is unwanted pregnancy a medical disorder? / Rebecca Roache
29. Is half an abortion worse than a whole one? / Simon Rippon
30. Nick-less? / Dominic Wilkinson
31. Paedophilia and predisposition / Kyle T. Edwards
32. Checking people out / Ole Martin Moen
33. Female philosophers and sexual harassment / David Edmonds
34. An unfortunate state of affairs / Hilary Greaves
Sport
35. Sport hatred / Joshua Shepherd
36. Doping: when will we learn? / Julian Savulescu
37. Tennis and sex / David Edmonds
Brains
38. My brain made me do it - So what? / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
39. My client's brain is to blame / Simon Rippon
40. Mapping brains and finding direction / Regina Rini
Language, speech, and freedom
41. Countering Islamic extremism / Peter Singer
42. Disabling language / Neil Levy
43. Stop Orientalism? / Kei Hiruta
44. The naked truth / Roger Crisp
45. Porn, condoms, and liberty / Kyle T. Edwards
46. Should men be allowed to discuss abortion? / Jim A.C. Everett
Evil, disgust, shame, rudeness, and joy
47. A reflection on confronting evil / Regina Rini
48. Shame about the internet / Andreas Kappes
49. In defence of drinking alone / Rebecca Roache
50. Lady Thatcher is dead: pop open the champagne / David Edmonds
51. Steamy calamari and trans-species eroticism / Anders Sandberg
52. Nothing is like mother's ice cream / Anders Sandberg
53. Rudeness and cold callers / Hannah Maslen
Animals
54. Treated like animals / Christine M. Korsgaard
55. What is a pet worth? / Russell Powell
56. The best idea you've heard all year / Michelle Hutchinson
The future and its people
57. Enlightened surveillance? / Stuart Armstrong
58. Why it's OK to block ads / James Williams
59. Would you hand over a decision to a machine? / Sean O. Heeigeartaigh
60. Should we be erasing memories? / Julian Savulescu
61. Adding happy people / Theron Pummer
62. The pregnant man and other conceptual surprises / Guy Kahane
9780198753728
Civilization, Modern - 21st Century - Philosophy
909.83101 / PHI