Philosophers take on the world / edited by David Edmonds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edmonds, David, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--21st century--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 250 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

In Philosophers Take On the World a team of philosophers gets to grips with a variety of these contentious issues-from the amusing to the shocking-in snappy, engaging, and often controversial pieces. Covering topics from guns to abortion, the morality of drinking alone, hating a sports team, and being rude to cold callers, the essays will make you think again about the judgements we make on a daily basis and the ways in which we choose to conduct our lives. Book jacket.

Contents:

Crime and punishment

1 Time to reconsider the penal code? / Anders Herlitz Herlitz, Anders 3

2 Enhanced punishment: can technology make life sentences longer? / Rebecca Roache Roache, Rebecca 6

3 Degrees of sexual harm / Brian D. Earp Earp, Brian D. 10

Terrorism, guns, and war

4 A challenge to gun rights / Jeff McMahan McMahan, Jeff 17

5 McMahan's hazardous (and irrelevant) thought experiment / Allen Buchanan Buchanan, Allen, Lance K. Stell Stell, Lance K. 21

6 Travel, friends, and killing / Seth Lazar Lazar, Seth 25

7 The courageous suicide bomber? / Roger Crisp Crisp, Roger 28

8 Chemical weapons: in defence of double standards / Owen Schaefer Schaefer, Owen 31

9 Looted artworks: a portrait of justice / Cécile Fabre Fabre, Cécile 34

Health and medicine

10 Homeopathy: an undiluted proposal / Steve Clarke Clarke, Steve 39

11 Five minutes too late / Lachlan de Crespigny Crespigny, Lachlan de, Julian Savulescu Savulescu, Julian 42

12 Taking drugs to help others / Tom Douglas Douglas, Tom 45

13 My son's dyslexic, and I'm glad / Charles Foster Foster, Charles 48

14 The point of death / Janet Radcliffe Richards Richards, Janet Radcliffe 51

15 Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments? / Lynn Gillam Gillam, Lynn 55

16 Financial incentives, coercion, and psychosis / Jonathan Pugh Pugh, Jonathan 58

17 Mr Nicklinson and the right to die / Julian Savulescu Savulescu, Julian 61

Drugs and organs

18 In praise of organ-ized sport / Dominic Wilkinson Wilkinson, Dominic 67

19 Do we own our bodies? / Janet Radcliffe Richards Richards, Janet Radcliffe 70

20 Psychiatric drugs and religious norms / Katrien Devolder Devolder, Katrien 73

Religion and charity

21 Catholic identity and strong dissent-how compatible? / Tony Coady Coady, Tony 79

22 Banking: the ethical career choice / William MacAskill MacAskill, William 84

23 On rebuilding Noah's "Ark and drinking old burgundy / Charles Foster Foster, Charles 87

24 Should conservative Christians be allowed to foster children? / Simon Rippon Rippon, Simon 89

Sex, sex-equality, and sexuality

25 Can you be gay by choice? / Brian D. Earp Earp, Brian D. 95

26 Prostitution and disability / Brian D. Earp Earp, Brian D. 99

27 Artificial wombs and a visit to Birland / Chris Gyngell Gyngell, Chris 104

28 Is unwanted pregnancy a medical disorder? / Rebecca Roache Roache, Rebecca 107

29 Is half an abortion worse than a whole one? / Simon Rippon Rippon, Simon 111

30 Nick-less? / Dominic Wilkinson Wilkinson, Dominic 115

31 Paedophilia and predisposition / Kyle T. Edwards Edwards, Kyle T. 118

32 Checking people out / Ole Martin Moen Moen, Ole Martin 122

33 Female philosophers and sexual harassment / David Edmonds Edmonds, David 125

34 An unfortunate state of affairs / Hilary Greaves Greaves, Hilary 127

Sport

35 Sport hatred / Joshua Shepherd Shepherd, Joshua 133

36 Doping: when will we learn? / Julian Savulescu Savulescu, Julian 138

37 Tennis and sex / David Edmonds Edmonds, David 143

Brains

38 My brain made me do it-so what? / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter 147

39 My client's brain is to blame / Simon Rippon Rippon, Simon 150

40 Mapping brains and finding direction / Regina Rini Rini, Regina 153

Language, speech, and freedom

41 Countering Islamic extremism / Peter Singer Singer, Peter 157

42 Disabling language / Neil Levy Levy, Neil 160

43 Stop Orientalism? / Kei Hiruta Hiruta, Kei 164

44 The naked truth / Roger Crisp Crisp, Roger 168

45 Porn, condoms, and liberty / Kyle T. Edwards Edwards, Kyle T. 170

46 Should men be allowed to discuss abortion? / Jim A.C. Everett Everett, Jim A.C. 175

Evil, disgust, shame, rudeness, and joy

47 A reflection on confronting evil / Regina Rini Rini, Regina 181

48 Shame about the internet / Andreas Kappes Kappes, Andreas 184

49 In defence of drinking alone / Hannah Maslen Maslen, Hannah, Rebecca Roache Roache, Rebecca 187

50 Lady Thatcher is dead: pop open the champagne / David Edmonds Edmonds, David 191

51 Steamy calamari and trans-species eroticism / Anders Sandberg Sandberg, Anders 193

52 Nothing is like mother's ice cream / Anders Sandberg Sandberg, Anders 196

53 Rudeness and cold callers / Hannah Maslen Maslen, Hannah 200

Animals

54 Treated like animals / Christine M. Korsgaard Korsgaard, Christine M. 207

55 What is a pet worth? / Russell Powell Powell, Russell 210

56 The best idea you've heard all year / Michelle Hutchinson Hutchinson, Michelle 214

The future and its people

57 Enlightened surveillance? / Stuart Armstrong Armstrong, Stuart 219

58 Why it's OK to block ads / James Williams Williams, James 223

59 Would you hand over a decision to a machine? / Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán 227

60 Should we be erasing memories? / S. Matthew Liao Liao, S. Matthew, Anders Sandberg Sandberg, Anders, Julian Savulescu Savulescu, Julian 232

61 Adding happy people / Theron Pummer Pummer, Theron 236

62 The pregnant man and other conceptual surprises / Guy Kahane Kahane, Guy 240.

Notes:

"Exploring moral issues behind the news"--Dust jacket cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198753721

9780198753728

OCLC:

940520567