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Author Galston, William

Title Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy
Published Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages)
Series Policy Studies Review Annual
Policy studies review annual.
Contents Cover Page; Half title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Politics, Civil Life, and Moral Education; 1 The Abortion Dilemma; Feminism and Liberal Individualism; The Conservative Perspective; Is There a Middle Ground?; Neutral Dialogue and the Abortion Debate; 2 Mandated Service and Moral Learning; 3 Consultants and American Political Culture; 4 Chastity, Morality, and the Schools; 5 The Holocaust and Moral Education; 6 Value Pluralism and Political Liberalism; 7 Expert Analysis v. Public Opinion: The Case of Campaign Finance Reform
8 Getting Practical about Deliberative DemocracyPart 2: Diversity, Identity, and Equal Opportunity; 9 Racism in the Head, Racism in the World; 10 Multiculturalism and Cultural Authenticity; 11 The Merits of Merit; 12 The Affirmative Action Debate; Diversity and Affirmative Action; Diversity and Stereotyping; 13 Counting Race and Ethnicity: Revising the U.S. Census Judith Lichtenberg, Suzanne Bianchi, Robert Wachbroit, and David Wasserman; 14 Convention and Competence: Disability Rights in Sports and Education; Part 3: Human Rights, Development Ethics, and International Justice
15 Income and Development16 Population Policy and the Clash of Cultures; 17 'Asian Values" and the Universality of Human Rights; 18 Negotiating Jerusalem Jerome M. Segal; 19 A Question of Priorities: Human Rights, Development, and "Asian Values"; 20 War and Sacrifice in Kosovo; 21 Retribution and Reconciliation; Part 4: Biotechnology, Genetic Research, and Health Policy; 22 Biotechnology and the Idea of Human Nature; 23 Futile Treatment and the Ethics of Medicine; 24 Disowning Knowledge: Issues in Genetic Testing; 25 Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning
26 One Pill Makes You Smarter: An Ethical Appraisal of the Rise of Ritalin27 Trials on Trial; Part 5: Natural Environments, Human Communities; 28 Valuing Nature: Assessing Damages for Oil Spills; 29 Alternatives to the Mass Consumption Society; 30 Can We Put a Price on Nature's Services?; 31 Preserving the Waterman's Way of Life; 32 Controlling Global Climate: The Debate over Pollution Trading; 33 Are We Simple Creatures?; 34 What's Wrong with Exotic Species?; About the Contributors; About the Editors
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Subject Policy sciences.
Policy sciences
Form Electronic book
Author Galston, William A
Gehring, Verna
Galston, William
ISBN 9781351499835
1351499831