What makes a policy work? What should policies attempt to do,
and what "ought" they not do? These questions are at the heart of
both policy-making and ethics. "Philosophy, Ethics and Public
Policy: An Introduction "examines these questions and more. Andrew
I. Cohen uses contemporary examples and controversies, mainly drawn
from policy in a North American context, to illustrate important
flashpoints in ethics and public policy, such as:
- public policy and globalization: sweatshops; medicine and the
developing world; immigration
- marriage, family and education: same-sex marriage; women and
the family; education and Intelligent Design
- justifying and responding to state coercion: torture;
reparations and restorative justice
- the ethics of the body and commodification: the human organ
trade, and factory farming of animals.
Each chapter illustrates how ethics offers ways of prioritizing
some policy alternatives and imagining new ones. Reflecting on
various themes in globalization, markets, and privacy, the chapters
are windows to enduring significant debates about what states may
do to shape our behavior. Overall, the book will help readers
understand how ethics can frame policymaking, while also suggesting
that sometimes the best policy is no policy. Including annotated
further reading, this is an excellent introduction to a
fast-growing subject for students in Philosophy, Public Policy, and
related disciplines.
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