Philosophy and Public Policy. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew I. Cohen.
• Editors: Cohen, Andrew I
• Contents: Philosophy and Public Policy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Rule of Law: Applications and Exemptions; 1 Moral Reasoning and the Death Penalty; Two Aspects of Fairness in Sentencing; Abstract versus Particularistic Moral Reasoning; Nussbaum on Mitigation; Asymmetry between Mitigating and Aggravating Factors; Conclusion: Arbitrariness and Retributive Justice; 2 Philosophy, Prostitution, and Policy; Background; Sex and Morality; Good Sex, Bad Sex; Sexual Autonomy; Revisiting the Swedish Model-Feminist Gains and Losses; 3 Bulk Collection, Intrusion, and Domination Conventional Technology for Targeted Surveillance and Zones of PrivacyHow Bulk Collection Is Different; The NSA State and the Stasi State; What Really Is Wrong with Bulk Collection; Democracy and Secrecy: A Tension; 4 A Public Reason Approach to Religious Exemptions; Public Reason and Public Justification; Basic Liberal Institutions; Religious Exemptions; Additional Considerations for the Non-Exempt; The Prominence, but Non-Uniqueness, of Religious Exemptions; Part II: Topics on Public Policies and Public Goods; 5 Acceptable Risk of Extinction in the Context of Endangered Species Policy The Biodiversity CrisisThe Value of Species; Assessing Extinction Risk; Policy Tools and Policies; Prioritization and Acceptable Risk; Conclusion and Recommendation; 6 Public Goods and Education; The Ubiquity of Public Goods; The Poverty of Public Goods Arguments; Third-Party Payers; Conclusion; 7 Ethical Issues in Academic/Industrial Collaborations; A Brief History of Collaborations between Academia and Industry; Benefits of Collaborations between Academia and Industry; Ethical Issues and Concerns Raised by Collaborations between Academia and Industry Conclusion: Addressing Ethical Issues and Concerns8 "Pervasive" Biomedical Technologies: Implications for Ethics and Policymaking; The Pervasiveness Hypothesis; The Social Dynamic of Pervasive Technologies; The Pervasiveness Hypothesis and Biomedical Technologies; Enhancement; Implications for Biomedical Ethics and Policymaking; Part III: Public Policies Shaping Public and Private Identities; 9 Immigration in Philosophy and in Policy; The Question of Justification: What Moral Justification Can Be Given for the Right to Exclude? The Question of Discrimination: What Reasons Can Be Rightly Given to Prefer a Given Candidate for Migration?The Question of Immunity: Who Cannot Be Refused Entry?; The Question of Membership: Who Is an Outsider?; The Question of Enforcement: What May States Do, in the Name of Preventing Unwanted Migration?; 10 Toward an Ethics of Political Apology; Apologies and Ethics; Making Room for Political Apologies; Rights and Duties of Moral Repair; Concluding Thoughts
• Publisher Details: London : Rowman & Littlefield International
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.6; Political Science: Public Policy / Social Policy; Policy sciences; Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786605252; 1786605252
• Related ISBNs: 9781786605238; 1786605244; 9781786605245
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 20, 2018).; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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