Ethics and the Contemporary World

<p>Arguments about ethics often centre on traditional questions of, for instance, euthanasia and abortion. Whilst these questions are still in the foreground, recent years have seen an explosion of new moral problems. Moral and political clashes are now as likely to be about sexuality and gender and the status of refugees, immigrants and borders, or the ethics of social media, safe spaces, disability and robo-ethics.</p><p>How should we approach these debates? What are the issues at stake? What are the most persuasive arguments? Edited by best-selling philosophy author David Edmonds, <i>Ethics and the Contemporary World </i>assembles a star-studded line-up of philosophers to explore twenty-five of the most important ethical problems confronting us today. They engage with moral problems in race and gender, the environment, war and international relations, global poverty, ethics and social media, democracy, rights and moral status, and science and technology.</p><p>Whether you want to learn more about the ethics of poverty, food, extremism, or artificial intelligence and enhancement, this book will help you understand the issues, sharpen your perspective and, hopefully, make up your own mind.</p> <p><em>Preface and Acknowledgements </em><b>Part 1: Race and Gender </b>1. Profiling and Discrimination <i>David Edmonds </i>2. Feminism and the Demands of Beauty<b> </b><i>Heather Widdows and Gulzaar Barn </i><b>Part 2: The Environment </b>3. Climate Engineering <i>Stephen Gardiner </i>4. Population and Life Extension<i> Hilary Greaves </i><b>Part 3: War and International Relations </b>5. Immigration and Borders: Who should be allowed in? <i>Gillian Brock </i>6. War and Legitimate Targets<i> Helen Frowe </i>7. Counter-Terrorism and Lethal Force<i> Seumas Miller </i><b>Part 4: Global poverty </b>8. Humanitarian Intervention <i>Allen Buchanan </i>9. Religion and Politics<i> Tony Coady </i>10. Charity and Partiality<i> Theron Pummer </i><b>Part 5: Ethics and social media </b>11. Social media and friendship<i> Rebecca Roache </i>12. The internet and privacy<i> Carissa Veliz </i>13. Fake News and Free Speech<i> Neil Levy </i><b>Part 6: Democracy </b>14. Extremism <i>Steve Clarke </i>15. Microaggression<i> Regina Rini </i>16. Free Speech <i>Roger Crisp </i><b>Part 7: Rights and Moral Status </b>17. The Child’s Right to Bodily Integrity<i> Brian Earp </i>18. Disability <i>Guy Kahane </i>19. Embryo Research <i>Katrien Devolder </i>20. Abortion <i>Francesca Minerva </i>21. Euthanasia <i>Dominic Wilkinson </i>22. Eating Meat<i> Jeff McMahan </i><b>Part 8:</b> <b>Science and Technology </b>23. Genetic Selection<i> Thomas Douglas </i>24. Human Enhancement <i>Julian Savulescu </i>25. AI and Robot Ethics<i> John Tasioulas. Index</i></p>