Ethics and Public Policy: Method and Cases
ISBN-10: 0-13-189343-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-189343-6
Published by Longman
© 2007
Pub. Date: Jul 25, 2006
Format: Paper
Table of Contents
PART ONE:
AMERICAN VALUES, ETHICAL ANALYSIS, AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
Chapter I - Introduction
Ethics and Policy-Making
Overview
Chapter II – American Political Culture: Core Values
Five Value Clusters
Values and Generational Change
Chapter III – A Framework for Ethical Public Policy Analysis
Utilitarianism
Deontological Ethics (Kantianism)
Prudent Pragmatism
Chapter IV – Prudent Pragmatism and Consensus: Case Ethics in Monist and in Pluralist
` Society
The Fusion of Religion and Politics in Monist Society
Case Morality in Monist Society
Casuistry in Medieval Europe
Consensus in Pluralist Society
Chapter V – Prudent Pragmatism and Democratic Polity: Citizen, Representative, and
Policy Analyst
Citizenship in a Democracy
Representation and Representatives
Policy Analysis in Deliberative Democracy
PART TWO: ISSUES AND CASES
Preface to Part Two
Chapter VI – National Health Care Policy
The United States Public Health System
Controlling Tobacco As a Hazardous Substance
Case Study: New York’s Response to Second-Hand Smoke
Paying for Individual Health Care: The Insurance Dilemma
Prescription Drugs and Medicare: A Case Study
Chapter VII – Criminal Justice
The Administration of Criminal Justice: An Historical Perspective
Racial Profiling and the War on Drugs
Racial Profiling in New Jersey: A Case Study
Combating Subversion: Crime Control or War
The Lackawanna Six: A Case Study
Chapter VIII – Social Welfare in the U.S.: Conflicting Principles of Distributive
Justice
The Welfare State in Europe and in America
America’s Response to Immigration: Illegals and Welfare
Welfare and Illegal Aliens: the Case of California
Health Care for the Poor
Medicaid and the Poor in Allegany County: A Case Study
Chapter IX – Biotechnology and Humanity
The Biotechnology Revolution
Public Control of Scientific Research
Stem Cell Research
The Bush Prohibition: A Case Study
Organ Transplantation and Organ Donation
Enhancing the Organ Supply by Changing the Moral
Culture: A Case Study
Chapter X – The Natural Environment and Human Well-Being
Environmental Policy a Major Concern
Clean Air
The Clear Skies Initiative: A Case Study
The Harnessing of America’s Rivers
Problems and Contradictions in the Dam Complex:
A Case Study
Chapter XI – Ethical Defense
America in the World: Leader or Hegemon?
America at War
Preemptive War
The Invasion of Iraq: A Case Study
The Treatment of Enemy Prisoners in Wartime: Jus in Bello
Interrogations in Abu Ghraib Prison: A Case Study
Chapter XII- Conclusion
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