Table of Contents
About the Authors ix
Preface xiii
Section 1 School Vouchers 1
Reading 1 Joseph S. Spoerl, "Justice and the Case for School Vouchers." Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1 (January 1995): 2-14 Joseph S. Spoerl 2
Reading 2 Jeffrey R. Henig, "Rethinking School Choice," From Henig, Rethinking School Choice (Princeton University Press, 1994): 21-29 Jeffrey R. Henig 12
Section 2 Government Support for the Arts 19
Reading 3 Ronald Dworkin, "Can a Liberal State Support Art?" From Ronald Dworkin, A Matter of Principle (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985): 221-233 Ronald Dworkin 20
Reading 4 No?l Carroll, "Can Government Funding of the Arts be Justified Theoretically?" Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 1987): 21-50 No?l Carroll 31
Section 3 Pornography 43
Reading 5 Helen E. Longino, "Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look," Laura Lederer, Ed., Take Back the Night (William Morrow & Co., 1980) Helen E. Longino 44
Reading 6 Joel Feinberg, "The Feminist Case Against Pornography" from Feinberg, Offense to Others (Oxford University Press, 1985) Joel Feinberg 54
Section 4 Same-Sex Marriage 67
Reading 7 Ralph Wedgwood, "Same-Sex Marriage: A Philosophical Defense," R. Baker, K. Wininger, and F. Elliston, Eds., Philosophy and Sex, 3/E (Prometheus Books, 1998): 212-230 Ralph Wedgwood 68
Reading 8 Jeffrey Jordan, "Is It Wrong to Discriminate on the Basis of Homosexuality?" Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 1995): 39-52 Jeffrey Jordan 85
Section 5 Drug Legalization 95
Reading 9 Douglas N. Husak, "Liberal Neutrality and Drug Prohibitions," Ethics, Vol. 110 (2000) Douglas N. Husak 96
Reading 10 Samuel Freeman, "Liberalism and Rights of Drug Use," Pablo DcGrieff, Ed., Drugs and the Limits of Liberalism (Cornell University Press, 1999): 110-130 Samuel Freeman 110
Section 6 Gun Control 119
Reading 11 Todd C. Hughes and Lester H. Hunt, "The Liberal Basis of the Right to Bear Arms," Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2000): 1-25 Todd C. Hughes Lester H. Hunt 120
Reading 12 Hugh LaFollette, "Gun Control," Ethics, Vol. 110 (2000): 263-281 Hugh LaFollette 139
Section 7 Terrorism 153
Reading 13 Michael Walzer, "Terrorism: A Critique of Excuses," Steven Luper-Foy, Ed., Problems of International Justice (Westview Press, 1988) Michael Walzer 154
Reading 14 Lionel K. McPherson, "Is Terrorism Distinctively Wrong?" Ethics 117 (April 2007): 524-546 Lionel K. McPherson 160
Section 8 Torture 179
Reading 15 Henry Shue, "Torture," Philosophy and Public Affairs 1 (Winter, 1978): 124-143 Henry Shue 180
Reading 16 Daniel J. Hill, "Ticking Bombs, Torture, and the Analogy with Self-Defense," American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 4 (2007): 395-404 Daniel J. Hill 193
Section 9 Capital Punishment 203
Reading 17 Ernest van den Haag, "In Defense of the Death Penalty," Criminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 1 (1978): 51-68 Ernest van den Haag 204
Reading 18 Hugo Adam Bedau, "Capital Punishment," Tom Regan, Ed., Matters of Life and Death (McGraw-Hill, 1993) Hugo Adam Bedau 212
Section 10 Affirmative Action 225
Reading 19 Steven M. Cahn,"Two Concepts of Affirmative Action," Academe, Vol. 83 (1997) Steven M. Cahn 226
Reading 20 Tom L. Beauchamp, "In Favor of Affirmative Action," Journal of Ethics 2 (1998): 143-158 Tom L. Beauchamp 234
Section 11 Immigration 247
Reading 21 Michael Walzer, "The Distribution of Membership," Peter Brown and Henry Shue, Eds., Boundaries: National Autonomy and Its Limits (Rowman and Littlefield, 1981): 1-36 Michael Walzer 248
Reading 22 Joseph H. Carens, "Migration and Morality: A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective," Brian Barry and Robert Goodin, Eds., Free Movement (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992): 25-47 Joseph H. Carens 266
Section 12 The Environment 285
Reading 23 William F. Baxter, "People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution," from Baxter, People or Penguins (Columbia University Press, 1974) William F. Baxter 286
Reading 24 Thomas E. Hill, Jr., "Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments," Environmental Ethics 5 (1983): 211-224 Thomas E. Hill Jr. 291
Credits 303