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Every Day The News Shows Us Provoking Stories About What's Going On In The World, About Events Which Raise Moral Questions And Problems. In Philosophers Take On The World A Team Of Philosophers Get To Grips With A Variety Of These Controversial Issues, From The Amusing To The Shocking, In Short, Engaging, Often Controversial Pieces. Cover; Philosophers Take On The World; Copyright; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Crime And Punishment; 1: Time To Reconsider The Penal Code?; Notes; 2: Enhanced Punishment: Can Technology Make Life Sentences Longer?; Notes; 3: Degrees Of Sexual Harm; No Degrees Of Rape?; The Question Of Sexual Harm; Conclusion; Notes; Terrorism, Guns, And War; 4: A Challenge To Gun Rights; Note; 5: Mcmahan's Hazardous (and Irrelevant) Thought Experiment; Notes; 6: Travel, Friends, And Killing; Notes; 7: The Courageous Suicide Bomber?; Notes; 8: Chemical Weapons: In Defence Of Double Standards. Notes9: Looted Artworks: A Portrait Of Justice; Notes; Health And Medicine; 10: Homeopathy: An Undiluted Proposal; Notes; 11: Five Minutes Too Late; Notes; 12: Taking Drugs To Help Others; Notes; 13: My Son's Dyslexic, And I'm Glad; Notes; 14: The Point Of Death; Note; 15: Is It Ethical To Use Data From Nazi Medical Experiments?; Using Data; A Tricky Conundrum; Paying Our Debt; Notes; 16: Financial Incentives, Coercion, And Psychosis; Notes; 17: Mr Nicklinson And The Right To Die; Note; Drugs And Organs; 18: In Praise Of Organ-ized Sport; Notes; 19: Do We Own Our Bodies?; Notes. 20: Psychiatric Drugs And Religious Normsnotes; Religion And Charity; 21: Catholic Identity And Strong Dissent-how Compatible?; Notes; 22: Banking: The Ethical Career Choice; Notes; 23: On Rebuilding Noah's Ark And Drinkin Gold Burgundy; Note; 24: Should Conservative Christians Be Allowed To Foster Children?; Notes; Sex, Sex-equality, And Sexuality; 25: Can You Be Gay By Choice?; The Question Of Identity; Getting Back To Choice; Conclusion; Notes; 26: Prostitution And Disability; The Case For An Exception; Defining Disability; Conclusion; Notes; 27: Artificial Wombs And A Visit To Birland. Note28: Is Unwanted Pregnancy A Medical Disorder?; Notes; 29: Is Half An Abortion Worse Than A Whole One?; Notes; 30: Nick-less?; Notes; 31: Paedophilia And Predisposition; Sexual Orientation?; Predisposition And Impulse Control; Notes; 32: Checking People Out; Note; 33: Female Philosophers And Sexual Harassment; Notes; 34: An Unfortunate State Of Affairs; Notes; Sport; 35: Sport Hatred; Notes; 36: Doping: When Will We Learn?; The Failure Of Zero Tolerance; The Limits Of Human Physiology; Some Counterarguments; Notes; 37: Tennis And Sex; Note; Brains; 38: My Brain Made Me Do It-so What?; Note. 39: My Client's Brain Is To Blamenote; 40: Mapping Brains And Finding Direction; Notes; Language, Speech, And Freedom; 41: Countering Islamic Extremism; Notes; 42: Disabling Language; Notes; 43: Stop Orientalism?; Notes; 44: The Naked Truth; Notes; 45: Porn, Condoms, And Liberty; Basis 1: Harm To Third Parties; Basis 2: Porn Performers Are Not Free To Choose-they Either Wear Condoms Or Lose Their Jobs; Basis 3: Condoms Can Be Mandated As A Standard Occupational Health And Safety Measure, Like Requiring Hardhats For Construction Workers; Notes; 46: Should Men Be Allowed To Discuss Abortion? Edited By David Edmonds. Exploring Moral Issues Behind The News--cover. Includes Bibliographical References.